choke off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (idiomatic, transitive) To get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something.
"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:to choke off a speaker by uproar
- (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To choke up; to choke on words.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to lose interest or drift off from a conversation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chokes off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| choking off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| choked off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| choked off | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fi pysäyttää (to stop a person in the execution of a purpose) · fi hiljentää (to stop a person in the execution of a purpose) · fi vaientaa (to stop a person in the execution of a purpose) · fi lopettaa (to cause to come to an end)