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tear up1

tear up1

 
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tear
part of speech: phrase
definition: to begin to have tears in one's eyes, or, of eyes, to begin to fill with tears.
He teared up as he looked at the photograph of his son in uniform.I could feel my eyes tearing up as I peeled the onions.