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
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The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Johnny tells Gat to shut up, and Cady jokingly parrots Johnny, but Gat takes offense and storms off.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Johnny tells Gat to shut up, and Cady jokingly parrots Johnny, but Gat takes offense and storms off.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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