climb down someone's throat

A form of jump down someone's throat — To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.

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Meanings

verbclimb down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present climbs down someone's throat, present participle climbing down someone's throat, simple past and past participle climbed down someone's throat)

present singular third person climbs down someone's throat · participle present climbing down someone's throat · participle past climbed down someone's throat · past climbed down someone's throat

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jump down someone's throat.
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climb down someone's throat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climb%20down%20someone's%20throat

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “climb down someone's throat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climb%20down%20someone's%20throat.

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