shout down
1shout down — verb silence or overwhelm by shouting • Hypernyms: ↑hush, ↑quieten, ↑silence, ↑still, ↑shut up, ↑hush up • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody * * * [verb] …
2shout down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shout down : present tense I/you/we/they shout down he/she/it shouts down present participle shouting down past tense shouted down past participle shouted down to make it difficult to hear what someone says by …
3shout down — PHRASAL VERB If people shout down someone who is trying to speak, they prevent that person from being heard by shouting at them. [V n P] They shouted him down when he tried to explain why Zaire needed an interim government... [V P n (not pron)]… …
4shout down — verb To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through ones 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 …
5shout down — {v.} To object loudly to; defeat by shouting. * /Grace suggested that we give our club money to charity, but she was shouted down./ * /The crowd shouted down the Mayor s suggestions./ …
6shout down — {v.} To object loudly to; defeat by shouting. * /Grace suggested that we give our club money to charity, but she was shouted down./ * /The crowd shouted down the Mayor s suggestions./ …
7shout\ down — v To object loudly to; defeat by shouting. Grace suggested that we give our club money to charity, but she was shouted down. The crowd shouted down the Mayor s suggestions …
8shout down — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. silence, shut up, overcome; see defeat 1 , 3 , quiet 2 …
9shout down — silence a speech by yelling louder …
10shout — ► VERB 1) speak or call out very loudly. 2) (shout at) reprimand loudly. 3) (shout down) prevent (someone) from speaking or being heard by shouting. 4) Austral./NZ informal treat (someone) to (something, especially a drink). ► NOUN …
