shut up
adjective
- 1
closely confined
verb
- 1
cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church!
- 2
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
The children shut up when their father approached
- 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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