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zip one's lip

zip one's lip verb: to refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.

Verb

zip one's lip (third-person singular simple present zips one's lip, present participle zipping one's lip, simple past and past participle zipped one's lip)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative, informal, often) To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.
    • Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you.
    Synonyms:
    button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth, shut one’s trap, shut up

Synonyms of zip one's lip

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Forms of zip one's lip

third-person singular presentzips one's lip
present participlezipping one's lip
past participlezipped one's lip
pastzipped one's lip
alternative formzip it
alternative formzip up one's lip

Questions about zip one's lip

What does zip one's lip mean?
Zip one's lip means to refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.
What part of speech is zip one's lip?
Zip one's lip is a verb.
What is the past tense of zip one's lip?
The past tense of zip one's lip is zipped one's lip.

Words near zip one's lip in the dictionary

  1. zip liner
  2. zip liners
  3. zip lines
  4. zip of death
  5. zip of deaths
  6. zip one's lip
  7. zip the lip
  8. zip tie
  9. zip tied
  10. zip ties
  11. zip tying

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