light up
— Phrasal Verb with light /laɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle lit, lighted)Definition
› If your face or your eyes light up, you suddenly look happy or excited: His eyes lit up when you mentioned her name.
(Definition of light up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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