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choke back
verb
- tr, adverb to suppress (anger, tears, etc)
Idioms and Phrases
Suppress, as in He choked back his tears . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
Barrett’s voice was tightly coiled, as though he was choking back the indignation roiling inside him.
A South L.A. woman choking back tears said she had been living in her car for 18 months with her family and dog because she had no money.
“It’s the least I can do for them letting me stay with them and get better,” Coburn said, choking back tears.
As the singer made her way from the audience to the stage, Gerwig seemed to be choking back both laughter and tears.
"I hate the way I don't hate you," says Stiles, choking back tears.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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