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Meaning of shout the odds | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To talk loudly or boastfully; to make a verbal fuss.

UK, colloquial

Examples

“He's shouting the odds at the Airdrie players when the Ref nods to two Police. And he's still shouting and bawling when the Police drag him away backwards up the terraces and make him stand in the damp shade and dripping rain.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

shouted shouted down shouted fire in a crowded theater shouted out shouted the odds shoutest