choke off

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Toget rid of; to cause to come to an end.; (idiomatic,transitive)To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something.tochoke offa speaker by uproar1912,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Lost World[…], London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:"It was a discreditable business. There were one or two folk who were inclined to take him seriously, but he soonchokedthemoff." "How?" "Well, by his insufferable rudeness and impossible behavior."; (idiomatic,transitive,intransitive)Tochoke up; tochokeon words.; (idiomatic,transitive)To cause (someone) to lose interest ordrift offfrom a conversation.

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