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shout down

shout down verb: to shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.

Verb

shout down (third-person singular simple present shouts down, present participle shouting down, simple past and past participle shouted down)

  1. (transitive) 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

Forms of shout down

third-person singular presentshouts down
present participleshouting down
past participleshouted down
pastshouted down

Words formed from shout down

Questions about shout down

What does shout down mean?
Shout down means to shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.
What part of speech is shout down?
Shout down is a verb.
What is the past tense of shout down?
The past tense of shout down is shouted down.

Words near shout down in the dictionary

  1. shouqs
  2. shouse
  3. shouses
  4. Shouson Hill
  5. shout
  6. shout down
  7. shout fire in a crowded theater
  8. shout from the rooftops
  9. shout out
  10. shout the odds
  11. shout-out

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