as in to hush
to stop talking
all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney
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Verb
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Inside the airy courtroom, hushed spectators, including Combs’ mother and six adult children, sat on wooden benches.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
3 July 2025 -
Ominous guitar accompanies hopeful strings; Chatten's vocals range from breathy, hushed tones to intense speak-singing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The money tap dried up after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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His early stardom never quite translated into a stable senior career as opportunities dried up in a system overflowing with talent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Although that doesn’t account for those opposite behaviors (e.g., clamming up).—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Trump had been more open to diplomacy near the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Iran, leaving his nuclear deal options open with them, but has since clammed up.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
Verb
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The compressed air is then piped down to enormous sealed salt caverns thousands of feet below the Earth's surface for long-term storage.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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At one point, crowd-surfers pulled pipes down from the ceiling.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
Verb
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Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
10 July 2025
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“Dummy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummy%20up. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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