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Verb
S:
(v)
close up
,
clam up
,
dummy up
,
shut up
,
belt up
,
button up
,
be quiet
,
keep mum
(refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent)
"The children shut up when their father approached"
S:
(v)
lock in
,
lock away
,
lock
,
put away
,
shut up
,
shut away
,
lock up
(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"
S:
(v)
hush
,
quieten
,
silence
,
still
,
shut up
,
hush up
(cause to be quiet or not talk)
"Please silence the children in the church!"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
pent
,
shut up
(closely confined)