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
Peter firmly tells him to shut up, which is not unattractive.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
So that’s the biggest plan, is get a vet, just be a rookie, shut up and work.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The front lines of our legal edifice have been divided and conquered, with premier law firms knuckling under and meekly promising to shut up and work for Trump, while the Supreme Court carefully pulls its punches to avoid a showdown.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
But his performance in Game 5 seems to have shut up a lot of people, at least for the time being.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
So that’s the biggest plan, is get a vet, just be a rookie, shut up and work.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The front lines of our legal edifice have been divided and conquered, with premier law firms knuckling under and meekly promising to shut up and work for Trump, while the Supreme Court carefully pulls its punches to avoid a showdown.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
But his performance in Game 5 seems to have shut up a lot of people, at least for the time being.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut%20up. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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