button it
Stop talking now
Button it is an informal command telling someone to stop talking or be quiet.
The phrase evokes the image of closing one's mouth as if fastening a button, keeping words from escaping.
It's blunter than "please be quiet" but milder than ruder alternatives.
Just button it, will you? I'm trying to concentrate.
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
- zip your lipCommand to stop talking
- shut upDemand for silence
- put a sock in itDemand for silence
can it · hush · hold your tongue · bite your tongue · keep mum · keep quiet · clam up · silence · quiet · keep it down · shaddup · dummy up · not another word · stop talking · mute · gag · put a lid on it · belt up
button itspeak up
Talk louder or opine
speak out · open your mouth · sound off · let it out · speak your mind
button itspill the beans
Reveal confidential information
tell all · blab · come clean · dish · confess
button itgo ahead
Permission to begin
speak · fire away · out with it · spit it out · tell me more