throat

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noun [countable] British English pronunciation: throat

/θrəʊt/

singular	throat
plural	throats

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1
the area at the back of your mouth and inside your neck
The curry was still burning his throat.
She’s in bed with a throat infection.
sore throat:
Have we got any medicine for a sore throat?
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See also frog
2
your neck, especially the front part
The bigger man grabbed him by the throat.
She loosened the scarf around her throat.
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1. a.
  the front part of a bird’s or animal’s neck
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phrases

be at each other’s throats
if two people are at each other’s throats, they are arguing in an angry way
As soon as politics comes up, they’ll be at each other’s throats.
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force/push/ram/thrust something down someone’s throat
informal
to force someone to have or to accept something
Viewers continue to have programmes like this thrust down their throats every day.
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go for the throat
informal
to attack someone where they are weakest
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