choke on in English

Forms: chokes on [present, singular, third-person], choking on [participle, present], choked on [participle, past], choked on [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} choke on (third-person singular simple present chokes on, present participle choking on, simple past and past participle choked on)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "chokes on",
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    {
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          "text": "I told him what happened, but he choked on the truth.",
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        "To refuse to accept (something)."
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        "(slang, figurative) To refuse to accept (something)."
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  "word": "choke on"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chokes on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "choked on",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "choked on",
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"choke on" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms