reduce (one) to silence
reduce (one) to silence
To cause one to become silent, especially after being noisy or outspoken. The loud bang reduced the entire classroom to silence. I've had my vocal critics over the years, but I have faith that my next project will reduce them all to silence.
See also: reduce, silence
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
reduce someone to silence
to cause someone to be silent. The rebuke reduced him to silence—at last. Mary was reduced to silence by Jane's comments.
See also: reduce, silence
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- reduce to silence
- to wake the dead, loud enough
- loud enough to wake the dead
- go bang
- be bang on
- wake the dead
- wake the dead, to
- bang around
- create an uproar
- uproar