dummy up

verb

Definition of dummy upnext
as in to hush
to stop talking all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dummy up
  1. hush
  2. dry up
  3. clam up
  4. pipe down
  5. shut up
Verb
  • Giddy with excitement over the end of season win, Biles posted a video of her and her friend after the game attempting to celebrate quietly while hushing and grinning ear to ear.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of hush
Verb
  • But that inventory is drying up fast along with the discounts.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • When construction work dried up, Mr. Mendoza decided to return to his hometown for a few months of vacation, with plans to return to California.
    César Rodríguez For The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of dry up
Verb
  • Although regulations may usher in more urgency for sustainable action, the laws rolling out around transparent claims could lead to companies clamming up about their initiatives to avoid potential greenwashing penalties.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • While Lydia wallows in the residual pain, Paul has clammed up.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of clam up
Verb
  • The freshwater was coming from a sewage-treatment pipe down below.
    Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Vidalia fans will need to pipe down once and for all.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of pipe down
Verb
  • In other words, Anti-SLAPP laws prevent bad people from misusing the courts to shut up others who have done nothing more than lawfully express themselves.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But the film cranks it to 10 when the actors shut up and the Crums focus on a warped visual vocabulary: analog video, gruesome special effects, taunting puppets and, most especially, Daryll Arellano’s skin-pinching sound.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of shut up
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dummying up

dummy up

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