choke back

Gas producers choked back output and slashed their drilling plans last year in response to low prices, but they have become so efficient that overall production levels barely budged from their record-setting course.

Often appearing to choke back tears, he told his counsel Tony Graham KC he remembered nothing of the accident nor the journey leading up to it.

"Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life," he continued, choking back tears.

“There are so many people that have come up to me and said, ‘I’m a writer because of you,’ ” he said, choking back tears.

As congregants shared what they lost after a recent service, they choked back tears and pledged to persevere.