shutting up
Ceasing to speak
Shutting up is the act of becoming silent or making someone else stop talking.
It ranges from self-imposed quiet I'm shutting up now to commanding others Would you mind shutting up?
The phrase can also mean closing something securely: We're shutting up the house for winter.
Stopping noise or dissent
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- muzzlingRestraining the mouth
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
quashing · squelching · muting · smothering · quelling · curbing · repressing · subduing
Absence of sound
- quietLacking in sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
- shushCommand for silence
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
pipe down · button it · clam up · hold your tongue · bite your tongue · say nothing · fall silent · speechless
Staying deliberately silent
- holding backPreventing forward movement
- biting tongueStopping oneself from speaking
- restraintControl over impulses
- self-censorshipRestraining one's own expression
saying nothing · withholding · buttoned up · tight-lipped · guarded · circumspect
Cease making noise
- enoughMeeting the requirement
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- drop itCommand to cease
- end of discussionTermination of argument
not another word · case closed · dismissed · rebuffed · cut off · talked over · interrupted · overruled
Withdrawing from a stance
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
- surrenderingCeasing to resist
acquiescing · deferring · complying · giving in · caving · relenting · standing down · kowtowing
silencing
Stopping noise or dissent
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- muzzlingRestraining the mouth
stifling · quashing · squelching · muting · smothering · quelling · curbing · repressing · subduing · throttling
hush
Absence of sound
zip it · pipe down · button it · clam up · hold your tongue · bite your tongue · say nothing · fall silent · speechless · wordless
keeping mum
Staying deliberately silent
- holding backPreventing forward movement
- biting tongueStopping oneself from speaking
- restraintControl over impulses
saying nothing · self-censorship · withholding · buttoned up · tight-lipped · guarded · circumspect
be quiet
Cease making noise
end of discussion · not another word · case closed · dismissed · rebuffed · cut off · talked over · interrupted · overruled
backing down
Withdrawing from a stance
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
surrendering · acquiescing · deferring · complying · giving in · caving · relenting · standing down · kowtowing · folding
- silencingsilencing, muting, hushing, shushing, quieting
- suppressionrepression, inhibition, restraint, silencing, muzzling
shutting upspeaking
Oral expression of language
talking · speaking up · vocalizing · sounding off · breaking silence
shutting upspilling the beans
Disclosing confidential information
blabbing · revealing · disclosing · divulging · confessing
shut, shuts, shutting, shuttered, shutter, shutters, shutdown, shutout, upping