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
They were made to relish going on the road and shutting up an American crowd.
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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
And here you are shut up in this little cage.
—Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
So pull up Duolingo to start brushing up on that high school Spanish, stop crying, shut up and dance.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
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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
And here you are shut up in this little cage.
—Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
So pull up Duolingo to start brushing up on that high school Spanish, stop crying, shut up and dance.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 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 14 Oct. 2025.
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