shut up
verb
shut up; shutting up; shuts up
: to cause (a person) to stop talking
: to cease writing or speaking
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
In contrast to contemporaries like Ben Jonson—who told his audiences, basically, Sit down, shut up, and enjoy the glory of my words—Shakespeare repeatedly went out of his way to ask audiences to be active participants in the creation of his plays.
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Jeffrey R. Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Those rewards are less about shutting up and playing the hits than understanding that the relationship to the audience is slightly different.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
Honestly, my plan coming in was to shut up, stay under the radar.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
In other words, Anti-SLAPP laws prevent bad people from misusing the courts to shut up others who have done nothing more than lawfully express themselves.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey R. Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Those rewards are less about shutting up and playing the hits than understanding that the relationship to the audience is slightly different.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
Honestly, my plan coming in was to shut up, stay under the radar.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
In other words, Anti-SLAPP laws prevent bad people from misusing the courts to shut up others who have done nothing more than lawfully express themselves.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shut up
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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