choke back
verbDefinitions
To hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with…
To hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with difficulty.
- When she slapped me, I tried hard to choke back my tears.
- He had a cutting retort on the tip of his tongue, but he choked it back.
- […] when Di looked at his pinched and pale face in this placid condition, the tears would overflow their natural boundary, and sobs would rise up in her pretty throat, but she choked them back for fear of disturbing her boy.
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