choke off

Questions about choke off

What does choke off mean?

choke off means "suppress". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for choke off?

Close synonyms include choke down, choke back, clog, clog up, back up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is choke off a common word?

choke off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.