choke down

Example Sentences

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I have friends who choke down Greek yogurt by the bucketful, who eat handfuls of grilled chicken at a time, who dead lift their own body weight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Anyone who’s eaten there knows the only reason one would choke down goat cheese balls or an allegedly bowel-ruining white fish in orange cream sauce is for the chance to catch some on-camera action.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

On Monday, Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker called for the DUP to "choke down" on its stance and form an executive.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

What’s more, the larvae that managed to choke down this peculiar feedstock did not, as you might expect, expire.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

My stomach heaved, and I lost all the food I’d managed to choke down.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart