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shut one's mouth

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

Verb

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

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

Forms of shut one's mouth

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

Questions about shut one's mouth

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

Words near shut one's mouth in the dictionary

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

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