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
It is put up or shut up time for the UCLA men’s basketball team.
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Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Or shut up’ The members of the Jan. 6 investigative committee are hitting back at President Trump for his threat to nullify the presidential pardons surrounding their work.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
For nearly 30 years, the town had basically embraced the idea of shutting up about the church.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Thus, lawsuits that are designed to harass folks into shutting up about something, or to retaliate against them for exercising their free speech rights, are thrown out of court very quickly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Or shut up’ The members of the Jan. 6 investigative committee are hitting back at President Trump for his threat to nullify the presidential pardons surrounding their work.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
For nearly 30 years, the town had basically embraced the idea of shutting up about the church.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Thus, lawsuits that are designed to harass folks into shutting up about something, or to retaliate against them for exercising their free speech rights, are thrown out of court very quickly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shut up
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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