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shouted down

shouted down is the simple past and past participle of shout down.

Meaning of shout down

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

Questions about shouted down

What is shouted down the simple past and past participle of?
Shouted down is the simple past and past participle of shout down.

Words near shouted down in the dictionary

  1. shoutbox
  2. shoutboxes
  3. shoutdown
  4. shoutdowns
  5. shouted
  6. shouted down
  7. shouted fire in a crowded theater
  8. shouted from the rooftops
  9. shouted out
  10. shouted the odds
  11. shoutee

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