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choke off

choke off verb: to get rid of; to cause to come to an end.

Verb

choke off (third-person singular simple present chokes off, present participle choking off, simple past and past participle choked off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something.
    • to choke off a speaker by uproar
    • "It was a discreditable business. There were one or two folk who were inclined to take him seriously, but he soon choked them off." "How?" "Well, by his insufferable rudeness and impossible behavior."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To choke up; to choke on words.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to lose interest or drift off from a conversation.

Forms of choke off

third-person singular presentchokes off
present participlechoking off
past participlechoked off
pastchoked off

Questions about choke off

What does choke off mean?
Choke off means to get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
What part of speech is choke off?
Choke off is a verb.
What is the past tense of choke off?
The past tense of choke off is choked off.

Words near choke off in the dictionary

  1. choke damp
  2. choke down
  3. choke full
  4. choke hold
  5. choke holds
  6. choke off
  7. choke on
  8. choke out
  9. choke pear
  10. choke pears
  11. choke point

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