shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
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 on the Web
Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.
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ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
In Ono’s understanding, then, university presidents are to shut up and do as they are told.
—David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Later, George Pendle reveals how one of Africa’s richest men did the impossible—made Trump shut up.
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Table of the Elements, the influential U.S. label that shut up shop in 2011, will relaunch this year as a curatorial platform, interdisciplinary production organization, and publishing house.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
In Ono’s understanding, then, university presidents are to shut up and do as they are told.
—David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Later, George Pendle reveals how one of Africa’s richest men did the impossible—made Trump shut up.
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Table of the Elements, the influential U.S. label that shut up shop in 2011, will relaunch this year as a curatorial platform, interdisciplinary production organization, and publishing house.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for shut up
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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