shut up


verb(adverb)
  1. (tr) to prevent all access to

  2. (tr) to confine or imprison

  1. informal to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands

  2. (intr) (of horses in a race) to cease through exhaustion from maintaining a racing pace

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shut up

Imprison, confine, enclose, as in The dog was shut up in the cellar for the night, or She shut up her memories and never talked about the past. [c. 1400]

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