choke back's Usage Examples:

Of the writing, he said: "We've had the chance to laugh out loud and choke back tears throughout the six and a half seasons and with 'Tick, Tick, Tick.

A CNN account described Schoen as "nearly weeping" and seeming to "choke back tears" as he read the poem.

relieved of something that he felt roused and triumphant and could not choke back his tears.

relationship, and says he does think about her often, but Angela is able to choke back her disgust and she and Andy part ways with a hug.

assumption of power, then it is no laughing matter, then we can only choke back our fury that so decent a people as the Germans could ever have been so.

repeatedly having to stop while speaking in court to blot his eyes and choke back tears.

Synonyms:

breathe; take a breath; respire; suspire;

Antonyms:

keep quiet; unify; respect; keep; explode;