as in hushed
to stop talking
the little girl clammed up when the doctor came into the room
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shut up
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But his performance in Game 5 seems to have shut up a lot of people, at least for the time being.—
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
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“Clammed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clammed%20up. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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