shut your mouth
Be quiet now
Shut your mouth is a command to stop talking, ranging from playful to hostile depending on tone.
It can express disbelief at surprising news: They're getting married? Shut your mouth!
The ruder variation shut your fucking mouth leaves no ambiguity about the speaker's anger.
Also appears as simply shut it.
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
- stop talkingCease verbal communication
- be silentRefrain from speaking
- put a sock in itDemand for silence
- button upFasten with small discs
hush · keep quiet · enough already · not another word · say no more · pipe down · keep it down · quiet · can it · cut it out · give it a rest · knock it off · no way · shush · silence · get out of here · muzzle · shush
commanded vocal action
shut your mouthspeak up
Talk louder or opine
open your mouth · speak your mind · talk · speak · spit it out
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