to button up one's mouth

  • 1button\ one's\ lip — • button one s lip • zip one s lip v. phr. slang To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip. John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip… …

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  • 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 …

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  • 3button one's lip — also[zip one s lip] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. * /The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ * /John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned …

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  • 4button one's lip — also[zip one s lip] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. * /The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ * /John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned …

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  • 5zip\ one's\ lip — • button one s lip • zip one s lip v. phr. slang To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip. John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip… …

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  • 6zip one's lip — verb To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just zip your lip? 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 mouth, shut… …

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  • 7shut 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 …

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  • 8I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game) — Infobox VG| title = I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream developer = The Dreamers Guild publisher = Cyberdreams designer = Harlan Ellison, David Mullich David Sears engine = SAGA released = October 31, 1995 genre = Adventure Game modes = Single… …

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  • 9Big Mouth Billy Bass — Billy Bass redirects here. For the bassist from P Funk, see Billy Bass Nelson. Big Mouth Billy Bass is an Animatronic singing toy, resembling a Largemouth Bass, popular in 2000 and 2001. Made of rubber stretched over a mechanical frame, at first… …

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  • 10Comedian (comics) — Superherobox| caption=The Comedian from Watchmen. Art by Dave Gibbons. comic color=background:#8080ff character name=The Comedian real name=Edward Morgan Blake publisher=DC Comics debut= Watchmen #1 (1986) creators=Alan Moore (story) and Dave… …

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