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shout_down
shout down
English
Verb
- (transitive) To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 26:
- 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 2007, p. 26: