shut up

adjective

  1. 1

    closely confined

verb

  1. 1

    cause to be quiet or not talk

    Please silence the children in the church!

  2. 2

    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

    The children shut up when their father approached

  3. 3

    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

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