1
as in drying up
to stop talking
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
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2
as in shushing
to stop the noise or speech of
nothing I said would shut them up
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Recent Examples of shutting up
The audience is there in the flesh, shutting up and paying attention to your talent.
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Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The core Mom skills — listening, caring, advising; maybe a little nagging, maybe shutting up — never go away.
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Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
And this team is taking a particular delight in shutting up and shutting down their rivals.
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Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The core Mom skills — listening, caring, advising; maybe a little nagging, maybe shutting up — never go away.
—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
And this team is taking a particular delight in shutting up and shutting down their rivals.
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Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutting up
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Employment opportunities are drying up for many, and others learn from an early age not to talk about their feelings.
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Federal labor data shows job opening and hiring rates have tumbled from pandemic-era peaks, signaling that work opportunities are drying up.
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Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye.
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Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.
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Less sweat-trapping than many synthetic jackets, the Oreus kept me from clamming up while ski-touring in five-degree temps and dissipated sweat quickly when worn after strenuous climbs.
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That protein keeps the seals between your gut cells closed by silencing the genes that would otherwise loosen them.
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Psychologists call the underlying habit self-silencing.
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There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house.
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Unfortunately, the austerity and elegance of the downstairs dining room acts as a dampener, hushing the salad’s brashness and sapping much of the fun.
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But the field has struggled to figure out a means of delivering RNA-muting molecules into organs and tissues beyond the liver, which has limited their reach.
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Historians have written about how the widespread fear and conformity of these periods reshaped American society in enduring ways, including the destruction of progressive political movements and both delaying and muting the Civil Rights Movement itself.
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The Softstreme Classic-fit High-rise Joggers have piping down the front that creates a more elevated look, while deep pockets and a comfortable, flat waistband lend themselves to comfort and practicality.
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Residents gathered Friday in Piute County as the Cottonwood Fire pushed closer, with flames visible in the distance and smoke settling across the valley, to hear updates and discuss emergency response plans, CNN affiliate KSTU reported.
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Breezy and dry conditions will continue across this portion of the West this weekend; however, cooler temperatures will be settling in.
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“Shutting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutting%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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