what does shut up mean?
SHUT UP as VERB
- Meaning
- cause to be quiet or not talk
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- Please silence the children in the church!
Hypernyms(s) shut up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- refuse to talk or stop talking
- fall silent
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Usage Example(s)
- The children shut up when their father approached
Antonym(s)
- Meaning
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
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Usage Example(s)
- The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
- She locked her jewels in the safe
Hypernyms(s) shut up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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