Definitions
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- verb To
shout louder or for longer than another. - verb To
merit the mostattention orpraise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb shout louder than
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fight them in a way where you aren't trying to outshout them at a picket line but are instead taking legal and legislative action to make them think twice about acts of vandalism, sabotage, domestic terrorism, and violation of our constitutional rights.
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When called on it they become the victim and very effectively outshout everyone until the issue goes away.
CNN Poll: Obama approval drops 7 points over last 100 days 2009
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Fight them in a way where you aren't trying to outshout them at a picket line but are instead taking legal and legislative action to make them think twice about acts of vandalism, sabotage, domestic terrorism, and violation of our constitutional rights.
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Or the endless party politics where each side tries to outshout the other with their talking points, never really listening to opposing views.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, a second-century Christian bishop, once said that in the world to come, the fruits and vegetables will all beg to be picked and eaten, and actually try to outshout one another, all crying in unison, “Pick me, eat me, eat me.”
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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Every class had chanted its superiority, trying to outshout the others.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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Every class had chanted its superiority, trying to outshout the others.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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Leadership is not trying to outshout an opponent in a formal, civil debate.
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It's easy to get swept up in the blow-by-blow accounts from every media outlet, each trying to outshout the other.
Noah St. John: This Little Piggy Doesn't Go to Market: How to Fight Fear and Make It Work For You 2009
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Why do you let them outshout you, outwork you, out-hustle you?
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