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
Management essentially said shut up and get to work.
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Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Part of healing for me has been to shut up and let my mind just be a single mind.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The officer told Franklin to shut up several times, peppering his words with expletives.
—Maia Nehme, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Dale keeps yelling at the tropical birds to shut up!
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
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Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Part of healing for me has been to shut up and let my mind just be a single mind.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The officer told Franklin to shut up several times, peppering his words with expletives.
—Maia Nehme, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Dale keeps yelling at the tropical birds to shut up!
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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