choke off

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === choke off (third-person singular simple present chokes off, present participle choking off, simple past and past participle choked off) (idiomatic, transitive) To get rid of; to cause to come to an end. (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something. to choke off a speaker by uproar (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To choke up; to choke on words. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to lose interest or drift off from a conversation. ==== Translations ====