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shouts down

shouts down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is shouts down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shouts down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shout down.

Words near shouts down in the dictionary

  1. shoutline
  2. shoutlines
  3. shoutout
  4. shoutouts
  5. shouts
  6. shouts down
  7. shouts fire in a crowded theater
  8. shouts from the rooftops
  9. shouts out
  10. shouts the odds
  11. shouts-out

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