well up
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Etymology 1
Verb
well up (third-person singular simple present wells up, present participle welling up, simple past and past participle welled up)
- (intransitive) To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
- Oil was welling up out of the borehole.
- As soon as I heard news of his death, tears started to well up in my eyes.
- (figurative, by extension, chiefly of an emotion) To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one.
- Emotion welled up inside me.
- 2023 December 22, Robyn Vinter, “‘That’s how we’ve got to live’: the black market in England’s shoplifting capital”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- “I had to leave my job because I just couldn’t … yeah,” Tina says, welling up.
Translations
to flow upwards or outwards
Etymology 2
Adjective
well up (comparative more well up, superlative most well up)
- (colloquial) Well versed; well acquainted (in or on).
- How well up are you on algebra?
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