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shut up

verb

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

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"I think everyone thought that once Inter went 2-0 up, that would be it – they would shut up shop, and we wouldn't see much other than another outstanding defensive display by them," said Warnock.

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"Nobody is shutting up shop and calling it a day. We know morally that we have to continue."

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“There are a lot of Republicans who, behind closed doors... want Musk to shut up about Social Security,” he said.

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Conservative Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham wanted athletes to “shut up and dribble” and the Dodgers are doing the baseball equivalent of just that.

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"Basically I'm thinking I'm going to have to be that dad who tells everyone to shut up," he told the BBC.

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