choke (back)

verb

Definition of choke (back)next
as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question

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  1. stifle
  2. suppress
  3. swallow
  4. hold back
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  • Russell Wilson engineered an offense that moved the ball well enough to set up Chris Boswell’s franchise record-tying six field goals, and the defense stifled the Ravens.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Trying to break up Google harks back to a similar punishment initially imposed on Microsoft a quarter century ago following another major antitrust trial that culminated in a federal judge deciding the software maker had illegally used his Windows operating system for PCs to stifle competition.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of stifle
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  • According to Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the cause of the current drought is some random atmospheric variability: a high-pressure system over the central and eastern United States that is suppressing rainfall and refusing to budge.
    M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • How to cope right now Don’t suppress your emotions, process them In the immediate aftermath of the election results, you may be flooded with emotions ranging from despair to rage.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of suppress
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  • All this could be a lot to swallow, both when Stewart was coming up and now.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That would make a loss today, especially if Drew Allar is healthy, a bitter pill for the Nittany Lions to swallow.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of swallow
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  • Despite slashing prices on thousands of items and seeing a slight uptick in customer traffic, inflation-weary shoppers are holding back on purchases.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
  • From the infamous club shooting that resulted in his incarceration to his thoughts on Puff’s current legal woes, the Belizean politician isn’t holding back in promotion of new Hulu documentary, The Honorable Shyne.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of hold back
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“Choke (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20%28back%29. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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