to close a building so that people cannot enter or leave it
to close a business, either permanently or at the end of the working day
to keep someone in a small area for a specific purpose
to make someone stop talking or making a noise
to stop talking or making a noise
Can’t you shut the kids up for just five minutes?
Details which none of you who were shut up in the blue drawing room knew except Jett.
He wishes us to enjoy ourselves, which means I must shut up immediately.
I wish he’d shut up about his holiday.
It's the first time I've met someone you actually shut up for,' I said.
Mandy, you know how sorry---" "Oh, shut up ," Mandy interrupted.
Many students shut themselves up in their rooms to study.
Why don’t you shut up?
shuts up
shutting up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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