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shut one's face

shut one's face verb: to stop talking; to be quiet.

Verb

shut one's face (third-person singular simple present shuts one's face, present participle shutting one's face, simple past and past participle shut one's face)

  1. (idiomatic, impolite) To stop talking; to be quiet.
    • Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you.

Forms of shut one's face

third-person singular presentshuts one's face
present participleshutting one's face
past participleshut one's face
pastshut one's face

Questions about shut one's face

What does shut one's face mean?
Shut one's face means to stop talking; to be quiet.
What part of speech is shut one's face?
Shut one's face is a verb.
What is the past tense of shut one's face?
The past tense of shut one's face is shut one's face.

Words near shut one's face in the dictionary

  1. shut of
  2. shut off
  3. shut one's eyes
  4. shut one's eyes and think of England
  5. shut one's eyes and thought of England
  6. shut one's face
  7. shut one's gob
  8. shut one's head
  9. shut one's mouth
  10. shut one's trap
  11. shut out

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