The cough medicine tasted terrible, but I managed to choke it down.
•She choked down four of those pills all at once.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
choke something down — swallow something with difficulty I attempted to choke down supper * * * ˌchoke sthˈdown derived to swallow sth with difficulty Main entry: ↑chokederived … Useful english dictionary
choke down — verb suppress He choked down his rage • Syn: ↑choke off, ↑choke back • Hypernyms: ↑suppress, ↑stamp down, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
choke off — verb 1. suppress (Freq. 2) He choked down his rage • Syn: ↑choke down, ↑choke back • Hypernyms: ↑suppress, ↑stamp down, ↑inhibit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
choke — 1 verb 1 STOP BREATHING (I, T) to prevent someone from breathing, or to be prevented from breathing, because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: The fumes were choking me. (+ on): He choked to death on a fish bone. 2 INJURE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
choke — choke1 [ tʃouk ] verb * ▸ 1 not be able to breathe ▸ 2 squeeze someone s neck ▸ 3 fill so moving is hard ▸ 4 speak with difficulty ▸ 5 lose confidence and fail ▸ 6 stop growth ▸ 7 stop development ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive if… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
choke back — verb suppress He choked down his rage • Syn: ↑choke off, ↑choke down • Hypernyms: ↑suppress, ↑stamp down, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
choke — I UK [tʃəʊk] / US [tʃoʊk] verb Word forms choke : present tense I/you/we/they choke he/she/it chokes present participle choking past tense choked past participle choked * 1) [intransitive/transitive] if you choke, or if something chokes you, you… … English dictionary
choke down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms choke down : present tense I/you/we/they choke down he/she/it chokes down present participle choking down past tense choked down past participle choked down 1) to eat or drink something with difficulty because … English dictionary
choke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strangle, suffocate, garrote; stifle, obstruct, clog, jam, plug. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deprive of air] Syn. asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote,… … English dictionary for students
stamp down — verb to put down by force or authority (Freq. 1) suppress a nascent uprising stamp down on littering conquer one s desires • Syn: ↑suppress, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
break down — verb 1. make ineffective (Freq. 3) Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination • Syn: ↑crush • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakdown • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
