choke down

1. To swallow with difficulty.

   I was already stuffed, but I managed to choke down some more apple pie anyway. It was so good that I couldn't stop.

   I didn't like her casserole because I don't care for cumin, but I managed to choke down a plateful anyway, because she meant well and I didn't have the heart to disappoint her.

   herunterwürgen, runterwürgen

1. Mikhail choked down another shot—all too characteristically.

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• choke upTo (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
• choke offTo get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
• choke outTo say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking.
• choke onTo refuse to accept (something).
• choke downTo swallow with difficulty.
• choke backTo hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with difficulty.