choke off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to stop or severely restrict an activity or flow

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   choke something off / choke off something

   Usage: A noun object may follow off or come between the verb and particle. Put a personal pronoun between them: choke it off.

   Higher borrowing costs could choke off the factory's expansion plans.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Higher borrowing costs could choke off the factory's expansion plans.

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