choking down
Eating with difficulty
Choking down means forcing yourself to swallow food or drink despite difficulty or reluctance.
The difficulty may be physical—swallowing past a tight throat—or psychological, as when food is unappetizing: I choked down the cafeteria mystery meat.
The phrase suggests effort and discomfort, getting something down that doesn't want to go.
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- swallowing prideSuppressing ego to proceed
- ingestingTaking into the body
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
lump in throat · tolerating · grin and bear it · repressing · holding back · gulp · forcing · biting tongue · internalizing · keeping it in · enduring · stifling · chewing · eating crow · acquiescing · compromising · hard to swallow · unpalatable
choking downsavoring
Enjoying something slowly
relishing · enjoying · devouring · appreciating · licking one's lips
choking downwolfing down
Eating ravenously fast
devouring · inhaling · scarfing down · gobbling up · polishing off
choking downletting out
Allowing to escape
releasing · expressing · venting · pouring out · crying out
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