It was almost time for the meeting to end, and the presiding officer had to move to choke off debate.
The war choked off diamond shipments from overseas.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
choke off — (something) to suddenly stop the movement or progress of something. He told his staff to stop talking to the press, hoping to choke off the bad publicity … New idioms dictionary
choke off — index bar (hinder), occlude, shut, strangle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law 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 off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms choke off : present tense I/you/we/they choke off he/she/it chokes off present participle choking off past tense choked off past participle choked off choke off something same as choke I, 5) … English dictionary
choke off — PHRASAL VERB To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country s economy can grow. [V P n (not pron)] They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery … English dictionary
choke off — {v.} To put a sudden end to; stop abruptly or forcefully. * /It was almost time for the meeting to end, and the presiding officer had to move to choke off debate./ * /The war choked off diamond shipments from overseas./ … Dictionary of American idioms
choke off — {v.} To put a sudden end to; stop abruptly or forcefully. * /It was almost time for the meeting to end, and the presiding officer had to move to choke off debate./ * /The war choked off diamond shipments from overseas./ … Dictionary of American idioms
choke off something — choke off (something) to suddenly stop the movement or progress of something. He told his staff to stop talking to the press, hoping to choke off the bad publicity … New idioms dictionary
To choke off — Choke Choke (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
choke off — transitive verb Date: 1818 to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking … New Collegiate Dictionary
