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SHUT UP

Definition:

[verb] refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
Synonyms: close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
[verb] place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
Synonyms: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock up
[verb] cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
Synonyms: hush, quieten, silence, still, hush up
[adjective] closely confined
Synonyms: pent