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Well up

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Well versed; well acquainted (in or on). colloquial

    "How well up are you on algebra?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something. intransitive

    "Oil was welling up out of the borehole."

  2. 2
    come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) wordnet
  3. 3
    To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one. broadly, figuratively

    "Emotion welled up inside me."

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