to choke down tears

  • 1choke back — verb suppress He choked down his rage • Syn: ↑choke off, ↑choke down • Hypernyms: ↑suppress, ↑stamp down, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑ …

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  • 2choke — choke1 [ tʃouk ] verb * ▸ 1 not be able to breathe ▸ 2 squeeze someone s neck ▸ 3 fill so moving is hard ▸ 4 speak with difficulty ▸ 5 lose confidence and fail ▸ 6 stop growth ▸ 7 stop development ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive if… …

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  • 3choke back — phrasal verb choke back or choke down [transitive] Word forms choke back : present tense I/you/we/they choke back he/she/it chokes back present participle choking back past tense choked back past participle choked back to stop yourself from… …

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  • 4choke — 1 verb 1 STOP BREATHING (I, T) to prevent someone from breathing, or to be prevented from breathing, because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: The fumes were choking me. (+ on): He choked to death on a fish bone. 2 INJURE …

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  • 5choke — chokeable, adj. /chohk/, v., choked, choking, n. v.t. 1. to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. 2. to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words. 3. to stop by filling;… …

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  • 6B4MV — Bullet for My Valentine Bullet For My Valentine Le groupe sur scène. Alias BFMV B4MV Bullet avant : 12 Pints of My Girlfriend s Bloo …

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  • 7BFMV — Bullet for My Valentine Bullet For My Valentine Le groupe sur scène. Alias BFMV B4MV Bullet avant : 12 Pints of My Girlfriend s Bloo …

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  • 8Bullet For My Valentine — Le groupe sur scène. Alias BFMV B4MV Bullet avant : 12 Pints of My Girlfriend s Bloo …

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  • 9Bullet for my valentine — Le groupe sur scène. Alias BFMV B4MV Bullet avant : 12 Pints of My Girlfriend s Bloo …

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  • 10tear — tear1 W3S3 [tıə US tır] n 1.) [C usually plural] a drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you are crying ▪ The children were all in tears . ▪ She came home in floods of tears . ▪ I could see that Sam was close to tears . ▪ Bridget… …

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