Makes inaudible doctor admit wrong to us (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
drowns out
'makes' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'inaudible doctor admit wrong to us' is the wordplay.
'inaudible doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'inaudible' bit.).
'admit' becomes 'own' (own can mean to admit or acknowledge).
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'us'='tous'
'tous' with letters rearranged gives 'sout'.
'dr'+'own'+'sout'='DROWNS OUT'
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