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.

Translations

to shout louder than someone in order to force through one's argument

Finnish: huutaa kovempaa kuin
German: niederbrüllen (de)

Spanish: abuchear a alguien

Anagrams

Southdown, down south

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