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strangle
verb- to turn something off; to deactivate something US
- — American Speech, p. 120, May 1963: “Air refueling words”
- to prevent a horse from winning a race AUSTRALIA
Strictly, and originally, by pulling back on the reins so strongly that the horse is almost strangled. - — Lawson Glassop, Lucky Palmer, 1949
- The general opinion among the jockeys was that Sandy had “strangled” a couple at one stage, but not during the past few months. — Dick Francis, Dead Cert, 1962
▶ strangle a darkie
to defecate UK- — Bob Young and Micky Moody, The Language of Rock ’n’ Roll, p. 135, 1985
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