shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
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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
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Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Closure: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer producer Spring Films was the latest UK indie to shut up shop.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The same goes for the musical score, which rarely shuts up.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Closure: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer producer Spring Films was the latest UK indie to shut up shop.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The same goes for the musical score, which rarely shuts up.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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