shut up
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(satellite adjective) closely confined |
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Synonyms: pent |
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(verb) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" |
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Synonyms: be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum |
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(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk; "This threat ought to shut them up!" |
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Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, silence, still |
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Related Words: calm down, conquer, curb, damp, dampen, deaden, gag, inhibit, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, shout down, shush, stamp down, subdue, suppress, tone down |
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(verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" |
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Synonyms: lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away |
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Related Words: confine |
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