Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb choke_back

1 sense of choke back

Sense 1
choke off, choke down, choke back -- (suppress; "He choked down his rage")
       => suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")

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