Antonyms for shut upshut up

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1. shut upverb

   To terminate (a business).

   Antonyms:
   start, set up, establish, start up

   Synonyms:
   end, terminate, wind up

2. shut upverb

   To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.

   Antonyms:
   release

   Synonyms:
   lock, seal

3. shut upverb

   To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.

   Synonyms:
   stash, lock up

4. shut upverb

   Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.

   Synonyms:
   hush, quieten, shush, silence

5. shut upverb

   I don't believe it!, no way!

   I got accepted to Yale! / Shut up, really? That's awesome!

   Synonyms:
   you dont say, no way, never, get out, yeah right, no

6. shut upverb

   Antonyms:
   reopen, open up, open

   Synonyms:
   close off, seal up

7. shut upverb

   Synonyms:
   silent, put a sock in it, silence, sh, shaddap, shut it, quiet, can it, hush, shush, shut your face, fall, quieten, STFU, st

Matched Categories

1. • Confine
   • Suppress

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1. pent, shut up(p)verb

   closely confined

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

2. close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mumverb

   refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

   "The children shut up when their father approached"

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

   Synonyms:
   block, shut away, belt up, hush, button up, dummy, impede, lock away, lock up, hush up, be quiet, still, dummy up, clam up, close up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, put away, lock in, fold, obturate, lock, shut down, quieten, jam, silence, occlude

3. lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock upverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, lag, discard, seal in, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, button up, interlace, lock, hush up, cast away, remand, lock up, still, cast aside, put behind bars, close up, dispose, clam up, imprison, put aside, shut away, belt up, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, be quiet, mesh, quieten, gaol, fling, dummy up, silence, lock in, keep mum, lock away, operate, tuck in, hush, interlock, put away, engage, incarcerate

4. hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush upverb

   cause to be quiet or not talk

   "Please silence the children in the church!"

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

   Synonyms:
   button up, calm, lock away, put away, ease, sleek over, calm down, quiet down, whitewash, lock, hush up, close up, quieten, quiet, lock up, quiesce, still, tranquillise, pipe down, allay, clam up, keep mum, lull, shut away, relieve, gloss over, be quiet, hush, dummy up, silence, lock in, tranquilize, belt up, tranquillize

How to use shut up in a sentence?

1. Bill Pascrell:

   I think the American people need to know and the Congress need to know, particularly with all of the possibilities of conflict, it’s put up or shut up time. If there’s nothing there, there’s nothing there.

2. Ogden Nash:

   To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up.

3. Chris Christie:

   Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up.

4. Lauren Boebert:

   So Fancy Nancy is upset about me speaking out at the State of the Union, what’s she so torn up about? I will not ‘shut up’ about Biden’s failure in Afghanistan and the 13 heroes we lost because of it.

5. Trey Gowdy:

   I have told my own Republican colleagues and friends, shut up talking about things that you don't know anything about. And unless you're on the committee, you have no idea what we've done, why we've done it and what new facts we have found.

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