Definition of shut up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
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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 of shut up from the Web
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The state’s in a position to flip some U.S. House districts currently held by Republicans, so the usually sleepy election, featuring a female Navy pilot, a pro-gun dentist, and the guy Christie told to shut up, is now on the national stage.
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Lawmakers in Europe this week restated its inflexible stance on corporate data responsibility — part of the reason some services have decided shutting up shop for EU citizens, even temporarily, is the lesser of two evils.
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Liberals are now also telling Kanye West to shut up after his comments about the president.
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Trump tried to shut up Stormy—or, at least his lawyer, Michael Cohen, tried to shut her up—by paying her $130,000 to sign a confidentiality agreement.
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But by trying to insert more propaganda into such people’s leisure time, officials could end up making the party seem like a bore who doesn’t know when to shut up.
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Taylor said Wilson told him to shut up and gestured obscenely in his direction.
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Far from being a recluse shut up with whirring machinery, Pappalardo had a bouncy greeting for everyone who walked through the shop door.
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Ingraham also was criticized in February for saying Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star LeBron James should ‘‘shut up and dribble’’ instead of talking politics.
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First Known Use of shut up
1814
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hold one's tongue (or hold one's peace);
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