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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
It is put up or shut up time for the UCLA men’s basketball team.
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Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Or shut up’ The members of the Jan. 6 investigative committee are hitting back at President Trump for his threat to nullify the presidential pardons surrounding their work.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
For nearly 30 years, the town had basically embraced the idea of shutting up about the church.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Thus, lawsuits that are designed to harass folks into shutting up about something, or to retaliate against them for exercising their free speech rights, are thrown out of court very quickly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Or shut up’ The members of the Jan. 6 investigative committee are hitting back at President Trump for his threat to nullify the presidential pardons surrounding their work.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
For nearly 30 years, the town had basically embraced the idea of shutting up about the church.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Thus, lawsuits that are designed to harass folks into shutting up about something, or to retaliate against them for exercising their free speech rights, are thrown out of court very quickly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
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Under the plan, the federal government will garnish wages from some of those borrowers, pulling money out of their pockets that may otherwise be spent and in turn drying up some economic activity, the experts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Profits drying up China once served as a haven for global automakers to lower costs and generate enough capital to fund costly innovation projects in the U.S.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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One day at the Scottish Open, a volunteer held up the quiet sign and shushed the crowd as Morikawa prepared to hit from the fairway.—
Brody Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Fathers shushed babbling toddlers as their wives snuck out to change infants’ diapers.—
Carlos Nogueras Ramos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Switching between phone and laptop is smooth with multipoint Bluetooth, and ANC hushes office hum without hammering battery life.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The setting is hushed and sun-drenched, with floor-to-ceiling views of the lake and gardens.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the past, survivors have been silenced or discouraged by a system that often sided with abusers.—
Ali Martin,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump, through his onslaught of executive orders, wants to see the adversaries silenced.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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While Lydia wallows in the residual pain, Paul has clammed up.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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While Lydia wallows in the residual pain, Paul has clammed up.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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Winning Game 5 on Tuesday at home would quiet a lot of doubters.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The guys in little old Baltimore were quieting the big guns in New York and Boston.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Canadiens at that point had not generated a whole lot offensively, the game appeared on the verge of tilting in the Capitals’ favor, and the Bell Centre crowd had been somewhat muted — or at least a bit less of a factor.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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So the response at a recent energy security conference to U.S. energy policies was muted yet pointed.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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For all the chaos and strife of the tariffs in the opening act of his second term, Trump’s U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal, which went into effect in 2020, and his negotiations with China during his first term indicate some ability not just to pick economic fights but to try to settle them.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Lindblad also lost steam, settling for par on every hole after the 11th.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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