clear one's throat
English
Verb
clear one's throat (third-person singular simple present clears one's throat, present participle clearing one's throat, simple past and past participle cleared one's throat)
- Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing.
Translations
forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs
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