▼ ادامه توضیحات دیکشنری؛ پس از بنر تبلیغاتی ▼
Synonyms & Related Wordschoke off[verb]Synonyms: silence, hush, quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, still
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarychoke off something phrasal verb (
see also choke)
to prevent something from happening:
It is feared that higher interest rates might choke off economic recovery. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Idiomschoke offchoke off (something)to suddenly stop the movement or progress of something. He told his staff to stop talking to the press, hoping to choke off the bad publicity. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
choke off somethingchoke off (something)to suddenly stop the movement or progress of something. He told his staff to stop talking to the press, hoping to choke off the bad publicity. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
choke offto force something to an end/stop
The government was able to choke off the flow of money to the criminal gang.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
choke something offto force something to an end/stop
The government was able to choke off the flow of money to the criminal gang.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
choke off v. To put a sudden end to; stop abruptly or forcefully.
It was almost time for the meeting to end, and the presiding officer had to move to choke off debate. The war choked off diamond shipments from overseas. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲