shut up

verb

shut up; shutting up; shuts up

Synonyms of shut up next

transitive verb

: to cause (a person) to stop talking

intransitive verb

: 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

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Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die. —

Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences. —

Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024 Closure: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer producer Spring Films was the latest UK indie to shut up shop. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024 The same goes for the musical score, which rarely shuts up. —

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shut up