What is "choke down"

Usage examples of "choke down".

It was going to be tough to choke down even Hiram's delicious food with Mr.

She managed to choke down a few bites, more than she wanted and not enough to satisfy him, which was a reasonable compromise.

Even though it made him gag, he had learned to choke down every bite of moldy bread she gave him, knowing just how much it had cost her.

She had washed her face and eaten the few bites of food she could choke down.

If he swallowed some of his pride, Pol could certainly choke down a bit of his own.

Just watched her struggle to chew and choke down the meat, leavening it with liquor.

It was a relief to eat in private, without the others making cracks about the stuff I had to choke down.

He wouldn't have cared that she wouldn't have been able to choke down a mouthful of food if she had to sit at a table with Daemon Sadi.

Entering the room and seeing the angry and gloomy faces of the stockholders, he'd had to choke down a sudden impulse to turn around, draw his gold-plated pen, and order the vice-president in charge of marketing to commit seppuku with it on the spot.