Verb choke off has 2 senses
- choke off, choke down, choke back - suppress; "He choked down his rage"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
--2 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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