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
Get it out of your system, and then shut up and never say it again.
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
And there was the Michigan accent and the fact that the guy doesn’t shut up.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
They were made to relish going on the road and shutting up an American crowd.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Anybody that disputes it, even in my mentions, shut up.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
And there was the Michigan accent and the fact that the guy doesn’t shut up.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
They were made to relish going on the road and shutting up an American crowd.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Anybody that disputes it, even in my mentions, shut up.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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