- shut someone/something up
- informalSyn:silence, quieten down, hush, gag, muzzle
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shut someone/something up
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shut someone/something up — 1 I haven t shut the hens up yet.: See shut someone/something in. 2 (informal) that should shut them up: QUIETEN (DOWN), silence, hush, shush, quiet … Useful english dictionary
shut someone/something in — CONFINE, enclose, impound, shut up, pen (in/up), fence in, immure, lock up/in, cage, imprison, intern, incarcerate; N. Amer. corral. → shut * * * keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door her parents shut her in … Useful english dictionary
shut someone/something out — 1 he shut me out of the house: LOCK OUT, keep out, refuse entrance to. 2 she shut out the memories: BLOCK, suppress. 3 the bamboo shut out the light: KEEP OUT, block out, screen, veil … Useful english dictionary
shut someone off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… … New idioms dictionary
shut someone up — shut (someone/something) up to keep people or animals in a separate place. Every day she went up to a little room on the third floor where she shut herself up to work. At night we always kept the dog shut up in its cage … New idioms dictionary
shut (someone) out — 1. to prevent a competitor from scoring any points. The Braves shut out the Dodgers today, 7–0. 2. to prevent someone from being a part of something. She shut him out of her world and had nothing to do with him. A group of African American… … New idioms dictionary
shut someone/thing in/out — confine or exclude by closing something such as a door. → shut … English new terms dictionary
shut something off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… … New idioms dictionary
shut off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… … New idioms dictionary
shut something up — shut (someone/something) up to keep people or animals in a separate place. Every day she went up to a little room on the third floor where she shut herself up to work. At night we always kept the dog shut up in its cage … New idioms dictionary
