hush up
Keep it quiet
To hush up is to suppress information or prevent it from becoming public: The company tried to hush up the scandal.
It can also mean to quiet someone or something: She hushed up the children before the ceremony.
The suppression sense often implies deliberate concealment of wrongdoing.
Forcibly put an end to
squelch · quash · smother · keep quiet · keep secret · sit on · paper over · gloss over
Command for silence
- quiet downBecome less noisy
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- muteWithout voice or sound
- gagMouth restraint or jest
quieten · muffle · shushing · finger to lips · whisper · tone down · soft-pedal · settle down
suppress
Forcibly put an end to
stifle · squelch · quash · smother · keep quiet · keep secret · sit on · paper over · gloss over · whitewash
shush
Command for silence
- quiet downBecome less noisy
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- muteWithout voice or sound
gag · quieten · muffle · shushing · finger to lips · whisper · tone down · soft-pedal · settle down · simmer down
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- cover-upsconceal, suppress, whitewash, gloss over, turn a blind eye
- hush commandsshh, shhh, ssh, be silent, quiet
- silence commandsshh, shush, be quiet, quiet, quiet down
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
hush upexpose
Make known publicly
reveal · disclose · bring to light · divulge · tell
hush uppublicize
Make information widely available
trumpet · shout from the rooftops · blazon · proclaim · air
hush upcome clean
Admit the full truth
lay bare · open up · clear the air · put on record · go on record