put a lid on it
Cease your noise
Put a lid on it is a command to stop talking or be quiet, sometimes with the added sense of keeping something contained or secret.
Like clamping a lid on a pot, it suggests suppressing noise or activity: Put a lid on it, will you? I'm trying to concentrate.
The phrase can also mean to bring something to an end: The manager put a lid on the rumors before they spread.
- be quietCease making noise
- hush upSuppress information deliberately
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- button your lipCommand to stay quiet
- suppressForcibly put an end to
stopper · shut up · hold your tongue · restrain · quash · put a sock in it · put a cork in it · keep it down · quell · defuse · de-escalate · bottle up · tone down · dial it back · give it a rest · cap · smother · save it
put a lid on itspeak up
Talk louder or opine
speak your mind · go on · continue · keep talking · let it out
put a lid on itlet loose
Remove restraints from
let it all out · blow your top · lose your cool · explode · go off
put a lid on itspill the beans
Reveal confidential information
let the cat out of the bag · blow the lid off · tell all · blab · blow the whistle