[General] push past the knot

[Selviya87]

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Would you help me understand the meaning of "push past the knot" in the context below, please?
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[FONT=&quot]My throat tightens, trying to suppress what I’m about to say. The first step toward relief is hard,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]but I push past the knot[/FONT][FONT=&quot].
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[FONT=&quot]Source[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: The Marked Son.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Thanks a lot!
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[bhaisahab]

[FONT=&quot]Hi, teachers

Would you help me understand the meaning of "push past the knot" in the context below, please?
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[FONT=&quot]My throat tightens, trying to suppress what I’m about to say. The first step toward relief is hard,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]but I push past the knot[/FONT][FONT=&quot].
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[FONT=&quot]Source[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: The Marked Son.[/FONT]


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The person is nervous about something they intend to say, this nervousness causes a "knot" of tension in his or her throat which s/he manages to overcome, "pushing past the knot".

 

[Ouisch]

In AmE, that choking, tense feeling of an actual hard object in your esophagus is described as "having a lump in your throat."


"I was so nervious I thought I might throw up at any moment, but I managed to push past the lump in my throat long enough to ask Daphne to marry me."

 

[Selviya87]

It's crystal clear now. Thanks, bhaisahab and Ouisch