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drown out

Idioms  
  1. Overwhelm with a louder sound, as in Their cries were drowned out by the passing train. [Early 1600s]


Example Sentences

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That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.

From Salon

But if managers rely too heavily on AI, he says, there is a danger of playing down or drowning out other legitimate feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the King was launching his deeply-felt harmony film project about the environment recently, it was drowned out by the headlines about Andrew and the Epstein files.

From BBC

Some promote their own big-name DJs and music stars, which have drawn complaints and fines for drowning out the sounds of samba.

From Barron's

He added that the UK government's achievements had been "drowned out" by successive scandals.

From BBC