hoot off the stage

hoot (one) off (the) stage

To voice displeasure (as by booing) for a performer or performers to the extent that they decide to leave the stage. Are you sure you want to perform at that rowdy club? The crowd there is known to hoot people off the stage. What if I forget all the words to the song? Will they hoot me off stage? I'm not surprised the audience hooted that washed-up old singer off the stage—he was terrible!

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hoot someone off the stage

[for an audience] to boo and hiss until a performer leaves the stage. The rude audience hooted Carl off the stage. Carl was hooted off the stage.

See also: hoot, off, stage

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