shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts 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 on the Web
Biden's insistence on staying in the race and the winnowing calendar have led some Democrats to say the party should just shut up and close ranks behind him, arguing that doing so would strengthen the case for reelection.
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 17 July 2024
One young man accused him of being an undercover federal agent and told him to shut up.
—Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
In that sense, there could be some benefit to just shutting up and backing Biden to stop the party from ceding more of its high ground to Trump.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
Cancer June 21 – July 22 There’s wisdom in shutting up.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 17 July 2024
One young man accused him of being an undercover federal agent and told him to shut up.
—Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
In that sense, there could be some benefit to just shutting up and backing Biden to stop the party from ceding more of its high ground to Trump.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
Cancer June 21 – July 22 There’s wisdom in shutting up.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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