Synonym: be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, hush, hush up, keep mum, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, pent, put away, quieten, shut away, shut up, silence, still. Similar words: shut, shut in, shut out, shut away, shutdown, shuttle, shut down, shut-eye. Meaning: v. 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent 2. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape 3. cause to be quiet or not talk. adj. closely confined.
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151. If they had been faced with the bill they'd have shut up shop and fled the country.
152. They are going to shut up shop for three days.
153. Sterling reflected on this "put up or shut up" proposition, seconded by his 151 barrel proof corn liquor.
154. Many ancillary firms that built rigs or collected seismic data shut up shop.
155. After he had done all his due diligence and now it was put up or shut up, he told us this story.
156. When asked if he would get mad at Seteven's recent saying or counsel him to shut up, Deric made no response to the reporters' questions.