shout the odds

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English

Verb

shout the odds (third-person singular simple present shouts the odds, present participle shouting the odds, simple past and past participle shouted the odds)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To talk loudly or boastfully; to make a verbal fuss.
    • 2011, Des Dillon, Return Of The Busby Babes, page 107:
      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.