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choke on

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choke on something
to gag and cough on something stuck in the throat. The dog choked on the meat. The restaurant patron began to choke on a fish bone.
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Mandy, assistant postgraduate services manager at the hospital, was eating her lunch in the office and started to choke on a piece of meat.
CHILDREN could choke on a toy which has been on sale in shops throughout Coventry and Warwick-shire, trading standards officers have warned.
In fact, children that age can eat pureed foods but could choke on something solid like raw carrot.
 
 
 
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