clear (your) throat

to give a small cough.

She cleared her throat before she began to speak.

I wanted to say something, so I cleared my throat to get everyone's attention.

• in the long term
• in the loop
• in the main
• in the making
• in the market for
• in the market for something
• in the meantime
• in the meanwhile
• in the medium term
• in the middle of
• in the middle of doing something
• in the middle of nowhere
• in the middle of something
• in the midst of
• in the midst of doing something
• in the midst of something
• in the money
• in the name of
• in the name of something
• in the neighborhood of
• in the neighborhood of something
• in the nick of time
• in the offing
• in the open
• in theory