choke off
US /tʃok ɔf/
・UK /tʃəuk ɔf/
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phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo suppress or stop something, often by force or other means.
The government tried to choke off the rebellion by force.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo suffocate or deprive of air.
The smoke from the fire threatened to choke off the trapped miners.
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Inside Trump’s Strategy to End Birthright Citizenship | WSJ
- My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming, and encourage many of the aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully let into our country to go back to their home countries.
My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming, and encourage many of the aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully let into our country to go back to their home countries.
- My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming,
My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming,
How to deal with Insomnia
- We don't want to let them down. But their expectations choke off important aspects of
We don't want to let them down. But their expectations choke off important aspects of
- But their expectations choke off important aspects of who we are.
But their expectations choke off important aspects of who we are.
How To Cut Up a Mango, Dangerously! (Learn To Cook)
- choke off that little mango cheek. See the big mango cheek, and then what do you do with
choke off that little mango cheek. See the big mango cheek, and then what do you do with
【TVB News at 7:30pm】 | 18 Mar 2026 | TVB English News | Hong Kong News | 19:30 News | 無綫新聞
- Energy officials said Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought its largest oil fired power plant online, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours, this amid a US move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
Energy officials said Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought its largest oil fired power plant online, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours, this amid a US move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
- This amid a U.S. move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
This amid a U.S. move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
A City-Sized Iceberg | March 2, 2021
- a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
- But it is extraordinary in this time with fear about the national security law and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic to see a crowd that stretches around the block, a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here, warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
But it is extraordinary in this time with fear about the national security law and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic to see a crowd that stretches around the block, a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here, warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
Will Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis choke the energy market?
- If the Houthis disrupt Red Sea shipping, it could choke off that lifeline.
If the Houthis disrupt Red Sea shipping, it could choke off that lifeline.