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.
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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
Congressman gets shouted down outside Americans for Prosperity townhall
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles was confronted by two separate counterprotests while speaking at a rare town hall event organized by the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity in Spring Hill this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
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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
Congressman gets shouted down outside Americans for Prosperity townhall
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles was confronted by two separate counterprotests while speaking at a rare town hall event organized by the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity in Spring Hill this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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