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
But his performance in Game 5 seems to have shut up a lot of people, at least for the time being.
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
So enough on social media, put up or shut up in court.
—Nik Popli, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Time for the greatest dealmaker of all time to put up or shut up.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
So enough on social media, put up or shut up in court.
—Nik Popli, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Time for the greatest dealmaker of all time to put up or shut up.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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