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shut up::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shut up
verb
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refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
Type Words
Synonyms be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum


The children shut up when their father approached.

shut up::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

shut up
adjective
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closely confined
Type Words
Synonyms pent

shut up::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shut up
verb
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cause to be quiet or not talk
Type Words
Synonyms hush, hush up, quieten, silence, still
Type of suppress, subdue, stamp down, conquer
Has types shout down, lull, muzzle, gag, shush, calm down
Verb group quiesce, hush, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten

shut up::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shut up
verb
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place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Type Words
Synonyms lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away
Type of confine

Examples of shut up

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She just WOULD NOT SHUT UP, and eventually Duncan took to just yelling over her.
From the hecklerspray.com
In cases like these they just need to shut up and take a big bite of humble pie.
From the newscientist.com
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wants to shut up about Viet Nam but they bug him with it.
From the time.com
If he had to go on the show, he should have apologized and shut up and taken it.
From the jsonline.com
I also hope it inspires already-popular boys to tell guys like these to shut up.
From the ocregister.com
Lawler used his pile driver to shut up Kaufman, but that was only the beginning.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It's as though you'd rather all those pesky christians just shut up and go away.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Their mother is a grande dame who favors Wesley and wishes Walter would shut up.
From the washingtonpost.com
If I wanted to be annoyed by people who can't shut up, I would watch cable news.
From the freep.com
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.