shout down

verb

shout down

verb
1

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.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 26:
Derived terms
shoutdown

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