shout down


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to drown, overwhelm, or silence by shouting or talking loudly

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How to use shout down in a sentence

  • Nevertheless, the champions of feminine superiority may find it hard work to shout down the glorifiers of masculine achievement.

Other Idioms and Phrases with shout down

shout down

Overwhelm or silence by yelling or jeering, as in The audience went wild and shouted down the speaker. [c. 1920]

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