shut up

verb

1. tr to prevent all access to
2. tr to confine or imprison
3. informal.
   to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands
4. intr (of horses in a race) to cease through exhaustion from maintaining a racing pace

Example Sentences

Implicit in many discussions about "unity" was a hope that all those liberals would shut up, bend the knee, go back into the closet, or whatever else it takes to hide or eradicate difference.

From Salon

You do not shut up shop and give the momentum back.

From BBC

Many men do this, and as some of them are my friends, so I can tell you they don't shut up about how well they clean up on the dating market because of it.

From Salon

When he was young and amid the legends of the day, Jones said he would “sit down, shut up and listen,” silently absorbing lessons he realized he couldn’t possibly get anywhere else.

From Los Angeles Times

Ingraham’s suggestion that James “shut up and dribble” pushed the player to produce a docuseries on Black athletes advocating for change.

From Salon