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Antonyms for choke off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chohk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃoʊk |
- abet
- advance
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- assist
- be noisy
- begin
- cause
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- communicate
- continue
- disturb
- do
- encourage
- enlighten
- expand
- expedite
- explain
- explicate
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- further
- go
- grow
- hasten
- help
- hurry
- increase
- irritate
- let go
- liberate
- maintain
- open
- permit
- persevere
- promote
- push
- raise
- release
- rush
- speed
- start
- strengthen
- support
- talk
- unblock
Definition of choke off
Origin :- c.1300, transitive, "to strangle;" late 14c., "to make to suffocate," of persons as well as swallowed objects, a shortening of acheken (c.1200), from Old English aceocian "to choke, suffocate" (with intensive a-), probably from root of ceoke "jaw, cheek" (see cheek (n.)).
- Intransitive sense from c.1400. Meaning "gasp for breath" is from early 15c. Figurative use from c.1400, in early use often with reference to weeds stifling the growth of useful plants (a Biblical image). Meaning "to fail in the clutch" is attested by 1976, American English. Related: Choked; choking. Choke-cherry (1785) supposedly so called for its astringent qualities. Johnson also has choke-pear "Any aspersion or sarcasm, by which another person is put to silence." Choked up "overcome with emotion and unable to speak" is attested by 1896. The baseball batting sense is by 1907.
- As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
- As in silence : verb make or be quiet
- As in stop : verb prevent, hold back
- As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
- As in quieten : verb silence
- As in shush : verb silence
Synonyms for choke off
- arrest
- avoid
- back off
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- bog
- bog down
- bottle
- brake
- break
- bring to screeching halt
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- clog
- close
- close off
- close up
- confound
- congest
- cool it
- corner
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- dawdle
- dead-end
- deaden
- decelerate
- decrease
- decrease the volume
- defeat
- defer
- delay
- detain
- disrupt
- down
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- encumber
- extinguish
- falter
- fetter
- fill
- fix
- flag
- foil
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- give the run around
- hamper
- handicap
- hang fire
- hang up
- hesitate
- hinder
- hold back
- hold off
- hold one's tongue
- hold up
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- keep it down
- lessen
- let up
- loaf
- loiter
- lull
- mire
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- mystify
- nonplus
- obstruct
- occlude
- overawe
- pigeonhole
- pipe down
- plug
- poke
- postpone
- prevent
- put a stop to
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- retardate
- say nothing
- seal
- set back
- shelve
- shush
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- shut up
- silence
- sit on
- slacken
- slow down
- slow up
- snooker
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- stifle
- still
- stonewall
- stopper
- strike dumb
- stump
- subdue
- suppress
- suspend
- take down
- throw a monkey wrench into
- throw over
- thwart
- tongue-tie
- turn off
- ward off
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