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put a sock in it

put a sock in it verb: to stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.

Verb

put a sock in it (third-person singular simple present puts a sock in it, present participle putting a sock in it, simple past and past participle put a sock in it)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.
    • He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it.
    • I found out from his mate that he was a Longfellow fan, and the fireman complained bitterly that, not being poetically inclined himself, he often wished that Alfred would "put a sock in it."1943 September and October, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 271

put a sock in it meaning in Bengali

put a sock in it in Bengali

কথা বলা বন্ধ করা, শান্ত থাকা, মুখ বন্ধ করা

Synonyms of put a sock in it

Forms of put a sock in it

third-person singular presentputs a sock in it
present participleputting a sock in it
past participleput a sock in it
pastput a sock in it

Origin of put a sock in it

Possibly from a crude means of muffling a record player's speaker.

Questions about put a sock in it

What does put a sock in it mean?
Put a sock in it means to stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.
What is put a sock in it in Bengali?
Put a sock in it in Bengali is কথা বলা বন্ধ করা, শান্ত থাকা, মুখ বন্ধ করা. See Put a sock in it meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is put a sock in it?
Put a sock in it is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a sock in it?
The past tense of put a sock in it is put a sock in it.

Words near put a sock in it in the dictionary

  1. put a pin in
  2. put a premium on
  3. put a shift in
  4. put a slight on
  5. put a slight upon
  6. put a sock in it
  7. put a spanner in the works
  8. put a spoke in someone's wheel
  9. put a stop to
  10. put a stopper to
  11. put about

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