WELL UP meaning: Tears gather, preparing to flow

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Definitions from Wiktionary (well up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
▸ verb:  (figurative, by extension, chiefly of an emotion) To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one.
▸ adjective:  (colloquial) Well versed; well acquainted (in or on).

Similar:

swell, upflow, Upwell, upstream, pour in, bubble up, overflow, upswell, outgush, inflow, more...

Opposite:

down, downdown, downward

Phrases:

well brought up, well set up, tears well up, well received taken up, for well brought up, more...

Adjectives:

up, upcast, attollent, levant, assurgent, over, upgoing, alley oop, upturned, uplifted

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