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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
Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade.
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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
Management essentially said shut up and get to work.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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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
Management essentially said shut up and get to work.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
Verb
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Since Lori’s art restoration business dried up, she’s been running a food truck.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The latest estimate, released in June, projects that the fund will dry up in 2033, at which point Uncle Sam will only be able to pay beneficiaries 77% of what they’re owed.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
9 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
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In the background of the video, the 35-year-old could be heard mumbling offscreen before Megan playfully shushed him.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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This was a somber visit, and the group was reverent, hushed.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Ehle and Alex Sarrigeorgiou shine in Jaclyn Bethany’s hushed yet deeply felt drama of art and desire.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Voices of Light will not be silenced.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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As China develops anti-satellite weapons and Russia perfects electronic warfare tactics, the US military is making a strategic bet on navigation systems that adversaries cannot silence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
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But even as new tools and strategies emerge to quiet the seas, the legal foundation that has long safeguarded marine life is under pressure.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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The researchers suggest that therapy and targeted coaching, including interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, could help people quiet their inner critics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
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Criticism of Israel has been muted within the Republican Party, tracking with surveys that show broad approval of Israel’s military operation among GOP voters.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The tradition muted palette gets a graphic update courtesy of pops of color informed by school pennants, an LV monogram tartan, as well as on theme embroideries and crests that extend to small accessories in the form of what are sure to be covetable caps, scarves, and ties.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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At the plaza, Seth Teasdale was nearby as Kirk flung some caps into the crowd, then settled into his seat under the canopy to take questions.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Cortège gestures toward that transcendence, but too often settles for the kind of veiled enchantment that follows us home through our screens.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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