choke down
choke down · chokes down · choked down · choke down · choking down
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To swallow with difficultyTo swallow with difficulty.
» Mikhail choked down another shot—all too characteristically.
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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.
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More definitions
- suppress
Examples
1 sentencesMikhail choked down another shot—all too characteristically.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to swallow with difficulty:
Forms
chokes down, choking down, choked down, choke down| Base form | choke down · to choke down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chokes down |
| Present participle | choking down |
| Past simple | choked down |
| Past participle | choke down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- 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.
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- suppress:choke offchoke back
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb