Thesaurus / clamming up
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synonyms for clamming up
- satisfy
- hush
- appease
- muzzle
- subdue
- relax
- muffle
- assuage
- please
- soften
- soothe
- pacify
- squelch
- mollify
- allay
- square
- reconcile
- palliate
- stroke
- lull
- ameliorate
- still
- compose
- console
- ice
- becalm
- moderate
- quieten
- gratify
- soft-pedal
- squash
- gag
- tranquilize
- slack
- smooth
- choke
- shush
- settle
- silence
- calm down
- fix up
- shut up
- inactivate
- can it
- clam up
- cool it
- cool out
- dummy up
- hold it down
- patch things up
- take the bite out of
- button one's lip
- cut off
- muzzle
- subdue
- mute
- muffle
- gag
- quell
- quash
- suppress
- squelch
- stifle
- clam
- dampen
- soft-pedal
- quiet
- shush
- hush
- lull
- deaden
- extinguish
- still
- dull
- quieten
- cut short
- dumb
- hush-hush
- shut up
- overawe
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dummy up
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- sit on
- strike dumb
- hold one's tongue
- hush one's mouth
- muzzle
- suppress
- smother
- repress
- suffocate
- curb
- squelch
- strangle
- silence
- asphyxiate
- stultify
- muffle
- stagnate
- stop
- choke
- cork
- hush
- trammel
- kill
- squash
- spike
- gag
- extinguish
- check
- black out
- hush up
- shut up
- constipate
- torpedo
- burke
- bring to screeching halt
- choke back
- clam up
- clamp down
- cover up
- crack down
- dry up
- hold it down
- put the lid on
- sit on
- refuse
- deduct
- hide
- conceal
- suppress
- deny
- keep
- resist
- retain
- detain
- inhibit
- abstain
- disallow
- refrain
- repress
- constrain
- kill
- spike
- restrain
- curb
- hold
- bridle
- check
- reserve
- hold back
- hold out
- clam up
- dummy up
- hold down
- hold out on
- keep secret
- keep to oneself
- keep under wraps
- sit on
- stop oneself
- keep under one's hat
- subdue
- mute
- hush
- lull
- still
- muzzle
- quash
- muffle
- suppress
- quell
- gag
- deaden
- stifle
- dull
- clam
- dampen
- soft-pedal
- quiet
- shush
- squelch
- extinguish
- cut off
- cut short
- dumb
- hush-hush
- shut up
- tongue-tie
- overawe
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dummy up
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- sit on
- strike dumb
- hold one's tongue
- hush one's mouth
- subdue
- mute
- hush
- lull
- still
- muzzle
- quash
- suppress
- quieten
- muffle
- quell
- gag
- deaden
- stifle
- dull
- clam
- dampen
- soft-pedal
- quiet
- squelch
- extinguish
- cut off
- cut short
- dumb
- hush-hush
- shut up
- tongue-tie
- overawe
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dummy up
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- sit on
- strike dumb
- hold one's tongue
- hush one's mouth
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antonyms for clamming up
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- turn up
- aggravate
- move
- disturb
- disagree
- trouble
- depress
- agitate
- provoke
- irritate
- upset
- excite
- worry
- release
- incite
- annoy
- anger
- indulge
- help
- free
- go along
- let go
- tell
- show
- reveal
- open
- let out
- lay bare
- expose
- allow
- liberate
- permit
- use
- assist
- aid
- release
- uncover
- divulge
- disclose
- grant
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How to use clamming up in a sentence
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
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