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• shut somebody up — v. force somebody to stop talking; prevent somebody from talking …   English slang

• shut somebody in (something) — ˌshut sb/yourself ˈin (sth) derived to put sb in a room and keep them there; to go to a room and stay there • She shut the dog in the shed while she prepared the barbecue. Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut somebody off from something — ˌshut sb/sth ˈoff from sth derived to separate sb/sth from sth • Bosnia is shut off from the Adriatic by the mountains. Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut somebody away — ˌshut sb/sthaˈway derived to put sb/sth in a place where other people cannot see or find them Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut somebody up in something — ˌshut sb/sth ˈup (in sth) derived to keep sb/sth in a place and prevent them from going anywhere Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut somebody out (of something) — …   Useful english dictionary

• shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Shut — may refer to the following*Shut Up, a interjection used to get somebody to stop talking *Shutdown *Shut eye, refers to sleep *Shut Out *Shut in …   Wikipedia

• shut up — I verb 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent (Freq. 6) The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑belt up, ↑button up …   Useful english dictionary

• shut off — verb 1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1) shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation • Syn: ↑close off • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary