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shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
Synonyms
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
Adele tells a homophobic heckler to ‘shut up’ on first day of Pride Month in Las Vegas.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Isaiah Hartenstein had to tell the fans to shut up.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
The panel struggled mightily to get Greene to shut up so the hearing could continue.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Except when the time finally came to put up or shut up, Laurel backed down from the challenge.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Dictionary Entries Near shut up
Cite this Entry
“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
shut up
verb1
: to cause a person to stop talking
2
: to stop writing or speaking
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