shuts up

Goes finally quiet

Shuts up is the third-person singular of shut up, meaning to stop talking or to silence someone.

The phrase ranges from mildly rude request to emphatic command: Will you please shut up?

The news shut everyone up.

It can also mean to close securely: She shuts up the house before leaving for winter.

silencing

mute

Without voice or sound

  • gagMouth restraint or jest
  • hushAbsence of sound
  • stifleSuppress or restrain

suppress · silence · quiet · censor · muzzle · squelch · shush · clam up · zip it · pipe down

closing

seal

Authentication stamp or mark

  • secureProtected from harm
  • lockMechanism requiring a key
  • boltThreaded rod for nuts

latch · fasten · barricade · board up · close up · batten down · lock up · block off · bar · padlock

rebuke

put down

Insulting remark meant to diminish

roasted · schooled · told off · called out · checked · corrected · humbled · embarrassed · silenced · zinged

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speech/silence

shuts upspeaks up

Vocalizes a view

talks · speaks · opens up · sounds off · chatters

openness/closure (physical)

shuts upopens

Allows passage through

opens up · unlocks · unseals · unlatches · unbolts

confinement/freedom

shuts upreleases

Lets go or publishes

lets out · frees · liberates · sets free · lets loose

Family

shut, shuts, shutting, shutdown, shutdowns, shutout, shutouts, upward

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G