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I . shut up VB intr

1. shut up inf (stop talking):

zamykać [perf zamknąć] się

shut up!

2. shut up Brit (lock shop):

zamykać [perf zamknąć] sklep

II . shut up VB trans

1. shut up (confine):

to shut up sb/an animal [in sth]

zamykać [perf zamknąć] kogoś/zwierzę [w czymś]

2. shut up (be ill):

he was shut up in his bedroom for two weeks

spędził dwa tygodnie przykuty do łóżka

3. shut up Brit shop, factory:

zamykać [perf zamknąć]

to shut up shop in Poland fig

wycofywać [perf wycofać] się z polskiego rynku

4. shut up a. fig inf (cause to stop talking):

to shut sb up

uciszać [perf uciszyć] kogoś

to shut sb up for good

Usage examples with shut up

shut up!

to shut sb up

uciszać [perf uciszyć] kogoś

to shut up like a clam inf

milknąć [perf za-]

to shut up shop in Poland fig

wycofywać [perf wycofać] się z polskiego rynku

to shut sb up for good

to shut up sb/an animal [in sth]

zamykać [perf zamknąć] kogoś/zwierzę [w czymś]

he was shut up in his bedroom for two weeks

spędził dwa tygodnie przykuty do łóżka

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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To say that someone was shut up meant that they were locked up, quarantined, or held prisoner. en.wikipedia.org

He was so feared inside prison he could stop riots just by telling the rioters to shut up. en.wikipedia.org

I write because of a little voice inside of me that says really cool things and never wants to shut up. en.wikipedia.org

In television, all they want you to do is shut up. en.wikipedia.org

Another approach, instrumentalism, colloquially termed shut up and calculate, emphasizes the utility of theories as instruments for explaining and predicting phenomena. en.wikipedia.org

He himself humiliated several foreign ambassadors, politicians and leaders by telling them to shut up or leave from meetings. en.wikipedia.org

It could also be seen as a track where the speaker is telling his girlfriend to shut up. en.wikipedia.org

He tells her to shut up, and then he apologizes and says that he hasn't spoken for days. en.wikipedia.org

The least we owe them is to shut up, get up on stage and put out. en.wikipedia.org

After 1945, there were at rst still seven, but over the decades that followed, even they shut up shop one by one. en.wikipedia.org

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