choke off

Strong matches

• clam
• dampen
• deaden
• dull
• extinguish
• gag
• hush
• lull
• muffle
• mute
• muzzle
• overawe
• quash
• quell
• quiet
• shush
• soft pedal
• squelch
• stifle
• still
• subdue
• suppress
• tongue-tie

Weak matches

• clam up
• close up
• cool it
• cut off
• cut short
• decrease the volume
• dry up
• dumb
• dummy up
• hold one's tongue
• hush one's mouth
• hush-hush
• keep it down
• pipe down
• quiet down
• say nothing
• shut up
• sit on
• strike dumb

Strongest matches

• crimp
• decelerate
• hamper
• impede
• lessen

Strong matches

• arrest
• baffle
• balk
• bog
• brake
• check
• choke
• clog
• dawdle
• decrease
• defer
• delay
• detain
• down
• encumber
• falter
• fetter
• flag
• hesitate
• loaf
• loiter
• mire
• poke
• postpone
• reduce
• slacken
• stall

Weak matches

• back off
• bog down
• bring to screeching halt
• close off
• hang up
• hold back
• hold up
• let up
• set back
• shut down
• shut off
• slow down
• slow up
• take down

Strong matches

• clam
• dampen
• deaden
• dull
• extinguish
• gag
• hush
• lull
• muffle
• mute
• muzzle
• overawe
• quash
• quell
• quiet
• quieten
• soft pedal
• squelch
• stifle
• still
• subdue
• suppress
• tongue-tie

Weak matches

• clam up
• close up
• cool it
• cut off
• cut short
• decrease the volume
• dry up
• dumb
• dummy up
• hold one's tongue
• hush one's mouth
• hush-hush
• keep it down
• pipe down
• quiet down
• say nothing
• shut up
• sit on
• strike dumb

Strongest matches

• cut off
• gag
• muffle
• mute
• muzzle
• quash
• quell
• squelch
• stifle
• subdue
• suppress

Strong matches

• clam
• dampen
• deaden
• dull
• extinguish
• hush
• lull
• overawe
• quiet
• quieten
• shush
• soft pedal
• still
• tongue-tie

Weak matches

• clam up
• close up
• cool it
• cut short
• decrease the volume
• dry up
• dumb
• dummy up
• hold one's tongue
• hush one's mouth
• hush-hush
• keep it down
• pipe down
• quiet down
• say nothing
• shut up
• sit on
• strike dumb

Strongest matches

• arrest
• avoid
• bar
• block
• break
• check
• close
• disrupt
• intercept
• interrupt
• stall
• stay
• stem
• suspend

Strong matches

• bottle
• choke
• clog
• congest
• fill
• fix
• forestall
• frustrate
• gag
• hinder
• hush
• impede
• muzzle
• obstruct
• occlude
• plug
• repress
• restrain
• seal
• silence
• staunch
• still
• stopper

Weak matches

• cut off
• put a stop to
• rein in
• shut down
• shut off
• shut out
• throw over
• turn off
• ward off

Strongest matches

• crimp
• foil
• impede
• obstruct
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart

Strong matches

• balk
• block
• confound
• corner
• crab
• cramp
• defeat
• mystify
• nonplus
• pigeonhole
• prevent
• puzzle
• shelve
• snooker
• stump

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• cut off
• dead-end
• give the runaround
• hang fire
• hang-up
• hold off
• hold up
• put on back burner
• put on hold
• throw a monkey wrench into