have a lump in one's throat

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She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father.

Adrian walked towards his classroom with a lump in his throat that might have been anger, or regret, or sorrow.

There were tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat, she said later. I was very moved by it. (BNC-B)

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