choke off

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choke off - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  choke off
      v 1: suppress; "He choked down his rage" [syn: choke off,
           choke down, choke back]
      2: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
         drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
         clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest,
         choke, foul] [ant: unclog]