choke off

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    

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