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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Others need police escorts off college campuses or get shouted down by sanctimonious mobs.
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Mary Riley, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
Nathan Hunsaker, along with his brother, tried to shout down Hendrix.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
Rockefeller was not the only Republican to get shouted down.
—Charles J. Holden / Made By History, TIME, 17 July 2024
Recent City Council proceedings in Colorado’s third-largest city have been shouted down and repeatedly disrupted as protesters have demanded justice for Lewis’ death.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 15 July 2024
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Mary Riley, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
Nathan Hunsaker, along with his brother, tried to shout down Hendrix.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
Rockefeller was not the only Republican to get shouted down.
—Charles J. Holden / Made By History, TIME, 17 July 2024
Recent City Council proceedings in Colorado’s third-largest city have been shouted down and repeatedly disrupted as protesters have demanded justice for Lewis’ death.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 15 July 2024
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“Shout down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shout%20down. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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