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shut up

verb

Definition of shut upnext
1
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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2
as in to shush
to stop the noise or speech of nothing I said would shut them up

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Recent Examples of shut up Ferragosto on August 15 is when all Italians down tools, shut up shop, and head for the coast. — Catherine Fairweather, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026 Layoffs in the gaming industry have seen almost 60,000 roles cut worldwide since 2022; multiple studios and publishers have shut up shop for good. — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Any advice on how to tune out ignorant neighbors who refuse to shut up? — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 The picture of Cardinals cool, Walker chased down Kyle Schwarber, shut up a rambunctious Philly crowd and introduced himself to a much wider baseball world. — Dan Gelston, AJC.com, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for shut up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
  1. dry up
  2. shush
  3. hush
  4. silence
  5. clam up
  6. quiet
  7. belt up
  8. mute
Verb
  • But maintaining those programs has grown difficult as funding has dried up at the national, state and now local levels, Thompson said.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This would be best done in late May and early June when the leaves are drying up.
    — Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dry up
Verb
  • Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim went to 3-0 for the week with a crowd-shushing rally from 2 down to a 2-and-1 victory over Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His interactions with Daemon (Matt Smith) last season, going so far as to shush him at one point, were a breath of fresh air.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of shush
Verb
  • The park has already taken some steps to hush their new attraction.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
  • His lead trial attorney, Edward Bilinkas, a dapper New Jersey man then nearing seventy, had the courtroom delivery of a schoolteacher trying to hush nonsense at the back of the class by raising his own voice.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of hush
Verb
  • Becoming defensive or dismissive or trying to silence the conversation can turn a limited issue into a question of integrity.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Hannah Einbinder’s voice has not been silenced since her arrest for protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City on Thursday.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of silence
Verb
  • Anyone asked by local or national media over the past few months if they’d been invited to the nuptials clammed up quickly.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of clam up
Verb
  • When the room finally quieted, Mom, his recovery room nurse, placed gauze over his eyes to block the hallway light.
    — Washington Post readers, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Last season, Reed quieted Death Valley with 108 yards and two TDs rushing to go with two more TDs passing in a 49-25 triumph that helped A&M earn a College Football Playoff berth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of quiet
Verb
  • The Paramount+ streaming event finds two UFC belts up for grabs at the top of the card.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Going back home Sunday looks nice, except for the Lake Effect Snow belt up in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of belt up
Verb
  • Instead of the live stream being cut, or at the very least muted between players talking to reporters, KCRA's rolled on, and two female reporters in attendance were caught making quite the admissions about LaVine and Simmons.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Colors, especially reds, were often a bit muted, probably due to the combination of the limited color coverage and modest brightness.
    — Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of mute

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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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