phrasal verb

Well up

Rank #2388Letter WInseparable

2Sections

Feel tears starting

Meanings

  • Feel tears starting (intransitive, International English)
  • Feel an emotion strongly (intransitive, International English)
  • feeling, start to cry (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.
  • Anger WELLED UP inside us when we saw what they had done.Experience an emotion or
  • Tears WELLED UP when I heard they had died.

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