Shut up
/ʃʌt/A2
Beginner
1. To stop talking or making noise, especially abruptly or forcibly.
- Please shut up so we can concentrate.
- The teacher told the class to shut up when they got too noisy.
2. To cause someone else to stop talking.
- He shut her up by raising his hand for silence.
- She managed to shut him up with a sharp comment.
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