shout down

verb

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

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

"It definitely feels more performative in the chamber, there's a lot of punching down, shouting down."

Read more on BBC

Nearing 90, Riefenstahl is seen shouting down Müller over inconvenient details about her friendship with Goebbels.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Hipolito and other bystanders rushed to film the actions and shout down the agents.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

"If I want something to happen then it still happens. Do you understand pastor?" the gang boss shouts down the line.

Read more on BBC

When British Prime Minister Clement Attlee proposed a British withdrawal from the Arabian territories at the same time as the withdrawal from India, he was shouted down.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• boo 
• hoot 
• jeer 
• seethe 
• spit 
• wheeze 
• whirr www.thesaurus.com
• whisper 
• whistle