shut up

verb

shut up; shutting up; shuts up

Synonyms of shut up next

transitive verb

: to cause (a person) to stop talking

intransitive verb

: 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

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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. —

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