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Phrase(s): scream down (on someone or something)
Fig. [for something, such as birds or bombs] to dive down on someone or something, with a loud noise or very swiftly. • The bombs screamed down on the helpless peasants. • As the bombs screamed down, some people ran and some prayed., Phrase(s): scream someone down
to scream loudly at someone; to outscream someone. (Compare this with shout someone down.) • The angry crowd screamed down the politician. • They screamed her down and drove her from the platform.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs