Synonyms for well up
well up

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1. well up, swellverb

   come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

   "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"

   Synonyms:
   swell up, swell, tumefy, intumesce, tumesce, puff up, well

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1. Tim Dixon:

   They well up with tears about it.

2. John Debes:

   Most of the models scientists have created to explain rings around white dwarfs only work well up to around 100 million years, so this star is really challenging our assumptions of how planetary systems evolve.

3. Briar Mcqueen:

   I started to well up and could n’t thank her enough. I was so surprised and in complete awe of her. I forgot to ask her name but I just thanked her over and over again and then she just walked off like it was nothing, i was smiling all day about it.

4. Andy Reid:

   He's done well up to this point and they just progress you through the day.

5. Maple Leafs forward:

   He’s a big man that moves well up and down the ice, he’s a guy that brings some intimidation as well. He’s not afraid to throw his body around.