To shout down is to stop a speaker by making more noise than they do. Shout down the platform.
It settles nothing and usually wins sympathy for whoever was interrupted. To shout down an argument is an admission that it could not be answered.
1phraseshout downTo stop a speaker by making more noise than they do.
“The meeting tried to shout down anybody who disagreed.”
shout down is a phrase.
Practised in Phrasal Verbs