CHOKE UP meaning: Move hands higher on bat

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Definitions from Wiktionary (choke up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause (a person) temporarily to lose the power of speech, because of strong emotion.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, often imperative) To cease talking.
▸ verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To block up; to cause something to be blocked.
▸ verb:  (baseball, intransitive) To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal.

Similar:

lug, block, stuff, choke back, choke off, choke out, choke down, choke, stifle, cough down, more...

Opposite:

loosen up, relax, unwind

Types:

choke down, choke off, choke on, more...

Phrases:

opposite of choke up, more...

Adjectives:

chokey, lash, bait, lacerate, beat up, farctate, warm, stab, choky, rash, cut

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