shout down

English

Verb

shout down

1. (transitive) To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 26:

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

Translations

to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument

• Finnish: huutaa kovempaa kuin
• German: niederbrüllen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: abuchear a alguien

Anagrams

• Southdown, down south