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suppress
He choked down his rage -
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up
How To Use choke off In A Sentence
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros on Tuesday predicted a "stop-go" economy for the United States, saying fears of inflation will drive up interest rates and choke off growth.
- The dust produces vivid red sunsets and also helps to choke off tropical storms and hurricanes. Times, Sunday Times
- The dust produces vivid red sunsets and also helps to choke off tropical storms and hurricanes. Times, Sunday Times
- They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.
- Some companies are just beginning to see the glimmerings of a brighter picture and it would be wrong to choke off that potential.
- Such critics have argued for the imposition of transaction taxes to choke off short-term capital flows.
- That, in turn, could mean still-higher interest rates, which could choke off growth.
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Wednesday that Americans may have to accept higher taxes or changes in cherished entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security if the nation is to avoid staggering budget deficits that threaten to choke off economic growth. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: April 8, 2010
- That would cause a rise in inflation and choke off an incipient recovery. Times, Sunday Times
- Treasury is telling him that if the rate of increase in the public sector continues, it has the potential to choke off economic growth.
