applaud (one) to the echo
To vocally support or encourage one. Primarily heard in UK. The fans really applauded us to the echo in the championship game. The other attendees applauded the actress to the echo after her emotional acceptance speech. I can't believe that so many of our fans made the trip all the way here, just so they could applaud us to the echo!
cheer (one) to the echo
To vocally support or encourage one. Primarily heard in UK. The fans really cheered us to the echo in the championship game. Two days ago, no one knew who that guy was. Now, after that huge, game-winning play last night, fans are cheering him to the echo. The entire student body came out to cheer the football team to the echo in the playoff game.
echo back to (something)
To reference something that has already been said or established. And that line echoes back to what her father told her earlier in the book. I want the song's bridge to echo back to the themes we introduced in the verses. Did you catch her teasing him about his nickname? That echoes back to the first time they met.
echo with (something)
1. Literally, to reverberate with a noise or sound. The room echoed with shrieks and cheers as the kids came running in for birthday cake. It was utterly heartbreaking to listen to the church echo with the mourners' sobs. Now that our kids are studier on their feet, they love running up and down the steps, so our house always echoes with that series of thuds.
2. To be suggestive of something. I began to feel sad as I stood in the old neighborhood that echoed with my childhood. I had to get out of there—that restaurant just echoed with memories of my late husband. Because that song echoed with my high school self, it was weird to listen to it as an adult.
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echo back to something
[for something] to recall something similar in the past. This idea echoes back to the end of the last century, when people thought this way.
echo with something
1. . Lit. [for a large space] to resound with the echoing sounds of a loud noise. The cathedral echoed with the sounds of the organ. The valley echoed with the sound of horses' hooves.
2. Fig. [for something] to have reminders of something. (Literary and very limited.) My thoughts echoed with the sounds of spring. The room echoed with happier days.
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