shout down en · VERB
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shouting down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shouts down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shouted down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shouted down | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
de niederbrüllen (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument) · fi huutaa kovempaa kuin (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument) · pl zakrzyczeć (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument) · pl zakrzykiwać (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument) · es abuchear a alguien (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument) · pt falar por cima de alguém (to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument)