shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
Synonyms
Examples of shut up in a Sentence
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
nothing I said would shut them up
Recent Examples on the Web
But the episode truly crosses the line into hilarity when Chandler responds both by mocking him and telling him to shut up.
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Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2024
After Joe Biden's disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president's chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 9 July 2024
But there’s a part of French society that just wants people to shut up and enjoy the show.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
In the comics, the X-Men–adjacent smart-ass and alter ego of professional assassin Wade Wilson was known for being horribly disfigured, handy with weapons, impossible to kill, and even more impossible to shut up.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
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Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2024
After Joe Biden's disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president's chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 9 July 2024
But there’s a part of French society that just wants people to shut up and enjoy the show.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
In the comics, the X-Men–adjacent smart-ass and alter ego of professional assassin Wade Wilson was known for being horribly disfigured, handy with weapons, impossible to kill, and even more impossible to shut up.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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