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drown out
Meaning: If a sound is drowned out, it can't be heard because of an ever louder sound.
For example:
- drown sth out The jets flew low overhead and the noise was so loud that it drowned everything else out.
- be drowned out by sth I saw The Beatles play a concert in 1966, but the music was drowned out by the sound of girls screaming.
Quick Quiz:
We were trying to talk in the pub, but our voices were drowned out by the sound of
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