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Definition of shout smb. down in English English dictionary

shout down
To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view

He had shouted down at least one judge in the Mairie de Luxembourg after a dozen cigars had failed to bring about his ends.

shout down
If people shout down someone who is trying to speak, they prevent that person from being heard by shouting at them. They shouted him down when he tried to explain why Zaire needed an interim government There were scuffles when UDF hecklers began to shout down the speakers
shout down
silence a speech by yelling louder
shout down
silence or overwhelm by shouting
shout smb. down
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