shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
Examples of shut up in a Sentence
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
nothing I said would shut them up
Recent Examples on the Web
The challenge is here and now, and it’s never been more important to be a woman who won’t shut up.
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
For June, surviving the night means walking around with a literal basketful of heads that won't shut up.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Now, the move seems to be to fall into line — or, at the very least, to just shut up and acquiesce to MAGA inevitability.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Get up to 30 plus goals and 82 plus points to kind of shut up the critics a little bit.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
For June, surviving the night means walking around with a literal basketful of heads that won't shut up.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Now, the move seems to be to fall into line — or, at the very least, to just shut up and acquiesce to MAGA inevitability.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Get up to 30 plus goals and 82 plus points to kind of shut up the critics a little bit.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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