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Meaning of choke off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
    idiomatic, transitive
  2. To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something.
    idiomatic, transitive
  3. To choke up; to choke on words.
    idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
  4. To cause (someone) to lose interest or drift off from a conversation.
    idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Suomi hiljentää lopettaa pysäyttää vaientaa

Examples

“to choke off a speaker by uproar”
“"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."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

choke on choke out choke the chicken choke the luff choke up chokebore

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