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bring a lump to someone's throat

bring a lump to someone's throat verb: to engender a strong emotional reaction.

Verb

bring a lump to someone's throat (third-person singular simple present brings a lump to someone's throat, present participle bringing a lump to someone's throat, simple past and past participle brought a lump to someone's throat)

  1. (idiomatic) To engender a strong emotional reaction.
    • The highly political tone, intended to bind the empire together, delivered in the princess’s formal voice, it was said, brought a lump to millions of throats.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

Forms of bring a lump to someone's throat

third-person singular presentbrings a lump to someone's throat
present participlebringing a lump to someone's throat
past participlebrought a lump to someone's throat
pastbrought a lump to someone's throat

Questions about bring a lump to someone's throat

What does bring a lump to someone's throat mean?
Bring a lump to someone's throat means to engender a strong emotional reaction.
What part of speech is bring a lump to someone's throat?
Bring a lump to someone's throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring a lump to someone's throat?
The past tense of bring a lump to someone's throat is brought a lump to someone's throat.

Words near bring a lump to someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. brineworks
  2. briney
  3. Brineys
  4. bring
  5. bring a knife to a gunfight
  6. bring a lump to someone's throat
  7. bring about
  8. bring along
  9. bring an end to
  10. bring around
  11. bring away

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