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[ verb ] refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
Examples "The children shut up when their father approached" Used in print (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)`` If it gave me pleasure to say hard things '' , he wrote , `` I would shut_up forever '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Examples "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" "She locked her jewels in the safe" Used in print (Genevieve Holden, Deadlier Than the Male....)Whoever it was had meant to shut him up in here , had followed him and waited till the courthouse and square were deserted . |
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[ verb ] cause to be quiet or not talk
Examples "Please silence the children in the church!" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)`` Shut_up . |
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