shut up
• close all doors and windows of a building or room, typically because it will be unoccupied for some time.
• "most of its stately rooms were shut up"
• stop talking.
• "just shut up and listen"
Similar:
be quiet,
keep/stay quiet,
be/keep/stay silent,
hold one's tongue,
keep one's lips sealed,
stop talking,
say no more,
fall silent,
dry up,
quieten,
quieten down,
quiet,
quiet down,
keep mum,
button one's lip,
button it,
cut the cackle,
pipe down,
clam up,
shut it,
shut your face/mouth/trap,
keep your face/mouth/trap shut,
put a sock in it,
give it a rest,
wrap up,
wrap it up,
shut your gob,
belt up,
save it,
can it,
silence,
hush,
shush,
still,
gag,
muzzle,
Opposite:
speak up,
shut it
• used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet.
• "‘Sit down and shut it’, he growled"
