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shout down

verb

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Overwhelm or silence by yelling or jeering, as in The audience went wild and shouted down the speaker. [c. 1920]
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A generation ago, community members would have shouted down Clinton for normalizing relations with Vietnam.

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Last month’s contentious town hall in Yucca Valley was among several events across the U.S. in which GOP lawmakers were shouted down while touting the Trump administration’s first month in office.

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There were bitter exchanges across the chamber on a number of occasions before Murphy said proceedings would resume on Thursday morning as she was shouted down by opposition TDs.

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He shouted down to her that he wasn’t leaving and that people were on their way to help her.

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Jack shouted down as the main beanstalk connected with the cliff.

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