shut one's gob
Cease your prattle
To shut one's gob is to stop talking or be quiet.
Gob is British slang for mouth, making this a blunt way to tell someone to be silent: Shut your gob, I'm trying to think.
The phrase is informal and somewhat rude, used when patience has worn thin.
- stop talkingCease verbal communication
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
- zip your lipCommand to stop talking
- hush upSuppress information deliberately
clam up · put a sock in it · stuff a sock in it · quiet · mute · be silent · not another word · keep mum · hold your tongue · bite your tongue · button it · button your lip · can it · quieten down · speechless · belt up · reticent · taciturn
vocal expression
shut one's gobspeak up
Talk louder or opine
open one's mouth · speak out · pipe up · sound off · run one's mouth
verbal restraint
shut one's gobrun one's mouth
Talk excessively, indiscreetly
shoot one's mouth off · blab · spill the beans · let slip · let it all out