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as in to dry up
to stop talking
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
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Recent Examples of shut up
For God's sake, shut up and send us somebody.
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NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
In the if-these-walls-could-talk sweepstakes, the Ed Sullivan Theater might never shut up.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Girl, shut up and slurp Heather Dubrow’s Gumbo Yaya.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shut up
NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
In the if-these-walls-could-talk sweepstakes, the Ed Sullivan Theater might never shut up.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Girl, shut up and slurp Heather Dubrow’s Gumbo Yaya.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
Verb
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Stored this way, limes should last for about a month or longer with wrinkling or drying up.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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And yet those pipelines may be drying up.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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McIlroy would hush the USA crowd after putts, while Reed would bow to their applause.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Robert Kraft — sandwiched in between Travis Scott and his fellow REFORM Alliance Board Member Michael Rubin — shared hushed conversations with both.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Government shouldn't silence speech.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Just as the geographical Palestinian homeland must be seized by Zionist forces, all resistance quelled and all Indigenous Palestinians ultimately expelled and silenced forever, so too must any and all electronic trace of support for Palestinian freedom be expunged from the database.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Then, after Austin Jackson sustained his season-ending knee injury in early November in Miami’s loss to the Bills , the Dolphins run game clammed up.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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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
Verb
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While the controversy had far from quieted by airtime, Kimmel had his parents in the audience to cheer him on.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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The victory featured a standout effort from quarterback Caleb Williams, who may have quieted his critics for at least a week.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Vibrant oranges, milky mints, bright blues, and muted peaches from the album cover mingle well with golds and silvers, high-shine gloss, glitter, ombré, and aura fades.—
Abby Dupes,
Allure,
26 Sep. 2025
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Heat and drought are bad combinations for trees, putting stress that could mute autumn colors.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The network ultimately settled the case out of court for an undisclosed amount.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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The casting process for the Netflix movie was nearing its end, and the filmmakers still hadn’t settled on who would play the central couple, whose story is often used as a model for faith and love.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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