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shut up

VERB
be or make quiet
Synonyms
WEAK
bottle up choke dry up dummy up fall silent gag hold tongue hush keep trap shut muzzle pipe down quiet quieten quit chattering shush silence soft pedal still stop talking
Antonyms
WEAK
speak talk

Example Sentences

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If ever there were a time for the Fed to shut up and listen, last week was it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Business owners have described breaking into tears as they were forced to lay off staff or shut up shop, while employees have said they feared for their jobs.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Altman then continued with an Elon Musk-like bromide, in that the value of going public is to shut up critics who would bet against the stock.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

In elementary school, Ms. Stolzenberg always kept me from recess at lunch because I wouldn’t shut up in class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

“You guys have to shut up about her. Okay?”

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.