shout down

phrasal verb

shouted down; shouting down; shouts down
: to shout so that (someone who is speaking) cannot be heard
The crowd shouted him down when he tried to give his speech.

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Compared with all this, a bunch of college students shouting down the conservative political scientist Charles Murray—an incident at Middlebury College now immortalized through endless retelling—is small potatoes. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025 And 72%, a supermajority, believe that shouting down speakers so they can’t be heard is OK. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025 Del Rio was using a microphone and amplification device — in violation of a city ordinance — to shout down those at the vigil and was asked to leave multiple times, according to a police report provided to Fox News Digital. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Several members scoffed at the approval and shouted down the commissioners. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shout down

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“Shout down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shout%20down. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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