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

This is a parody of what “cancel culture” meant when the campus left shouted down conservative judges and scholars.

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This came as the Truman administration had just been shouted down by domestic and foreign opposition to a short-lived attempt to hand control of atomic weapons to the United Nations.

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

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

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

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