Meaning of shut up in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    shut up

    Definitions

    1. refuse to talk or stop talking

    Examples

    • « fall silent »
    • « The children shut up when their father approached »

    Antonyms

  2. 2. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

    Examples

    • « The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend »
    • « She locked her jewels in the safe »

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  3. 3. cause to be quiet or not talk

    Examples

    • « Please silence the children in the church! »

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    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up. »
    Ogden Nash
  • « If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow. »
    Emile Zola
  • « I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber. »
    Haley Reinhart
  • « We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. »
    Phyllis Diller
  • « If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties. »
    Harvey Weinstein

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