- stop someone's mouth
- induce someone to keep silent about something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
put words in (someone's) mouth — put words in/into (someone s) mouth to tell someone what you think they mean or want to say. I certainly don t think you should resign, stop putting words in my mouth … New idioms dictionary
put words into (someone's) mouth — put words in/into (someone s) mouth to tell someone what you think they mean or want to say. I certainly don t think you should resign, stop putting words in my mouth … New idioms dictionary
stop — stop1 W1S1 [stɔp US sta:p] v past tense and past participle stopped present participle stopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not move)¦ 2¦(not continue)¦ 3¦(pause)¦ 4¦(prevent)¦ 5¦(stay)¦ 6 will/would stop at nothing (to do something) 7 stop short of (doing)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
stop — stop1 [ stap ] verb *** ▸ 1 prevent something ▸ 2 no longer do something ▸ 3 no longer move ▸ 4 (make) work no longer ▸ 5 stay at someone s house ▸ 6 block pipe/hole etc. ▸ 1 no longer do something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to prevent someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stop — 1 verb stopped, stopping 1 NOT MOVE OR CONTINUE (I, T) to no longer move or continue to do something, or to make someone or something do this: Stop, thief! | stop sth: Apply pressure to stop the bleeding. | You ll have to stop the generator, it s … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mouth — mouther, n. mouthless, adj. n. /mowth/; v. /mowdh/, n., pl. mouths /mowdhz/, v. n. 1. Anat., Zool. a. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. b. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. c. the structures… … Universalium
shut your mouth — shut your mouth/face/trap/gob/impolite phrase an offensive way of telling someone to stop talking You’d better shut your mouth! Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quiet … Useful english dictionary
Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak — Municipalities where FMD was identified. Light yellow: April 23, dark yellow: April 27, orange: May 15, light brown: May 17, dark brown: May 21, black: June 9. The Japan foot and mouth outbreak was an foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak… … Wikipedia
bad-mouth — 1. tv. to speak ill of someone or something. (See also dirty mouth; poor mouth.) □ I wish you would stop bad mouthing my car. □ Harry bad mouths everything he doesn’t understand. 2. n. someone who speaks ill of someone or something. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
dirty-mouth — 1. n. a person who talks dirty. (See also bad mouth.) □ You are getting to be quite a dirty mouth, Gary. □ Some dirty mouth yelled out the most obscene things during the meeting. 2. tv. to speak ill of someone or something. (See also bad mouth.)… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions