put a sock in it

put a sock in it
put a sock in it (slang; usu imperative)
To become silent, stop talking
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Main Entry:sock

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put a sock in it informal phrase
used for telling someone in a rude way to be quiet
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym
Main entry: sock

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[usu. in imperative] Brit., informal stop talking

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put a sock in it
informal
— used to tell someone to stop talking

I wish someone would tell him to put a sock in it.

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Main Entry:sock

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put a ˈsock in it idiom
(old-fashioned, BrE, informal) used to tell sb to stop talking or making a noise

Can't you put a sock in it? I'm trying to work.

Main entry:sockidiom

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