shut one's mouth
1shut one's mouth — verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information Don t tell him any secrets he cannot keep his mouth shut! • Syn: ↑keep quiet, ↑keep one s mouth shut • Ant: ↑talk (for: ↑keep quiet) …
2shut one's mouth — verb To stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just shut your mouth? I’m tired of listening to you. Syn: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s trap, shut up, zip it, zip ones …
3shut one's mouth — Stop talking …
4shut one's face — verb To stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you. Syn: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth, shut one’s trap, shut up, zip it, zip ones …
5shut one's face — phrasal or shut one s head slang : to shut one s mouth when, she asked herself angrily, would she learn to shut her face Margaret Long …
6keep one's mouth shut — verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information Don t tell him any secrets he cannot keep his mouth shut! • Syn: ↑keep quiet, ↑shut one s mouth • Ant: ↑talk (for: ↑keep quiet) …
7keep one's mouth shut — ► keep one s mouth shut informal say nothing, especially to avoid revealing a secret. Main Entry: ↑mouth …
8shut — (v.) O.E. scyttan to put in place so as to fasten a door or gate, from W.Gmc. *skutjanan (Cf. O.Fris. schetta, M.Du. schutten to shut, shut up, obstruct ), from P.Gmc. *skut project (see SHOOT (Cf. shoot)). Meaning to close by folding or bringing …
9hush one's mouth — verb to be quiet; to shut up …
10mouth — noun /maʊθ / (say mowth) (plural mouths /maʊðz / (say mowdhz)) 1. the opening through which an animal takes in food, or the cavity containing or the parts including the masticating apparatus. 2. the masticating and tasting apparatus. 3. a person… …
