choke down

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choke down

verb chokes down · choking down · choked down · choke down

transitive To swallow with difficulty. I was already stuffed, but I managed to choke down some more apple pie anyway. It was so good that I couldn't stop.

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verb to swallow with difficulty

Español	asfixiarse, atragantarse
Français	s’étouffer
Deutsch	herunterwürgen, runterwürgen

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@misc{choke_down_2026,
  title = {choke down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/choke%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}