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zip up one's lip

zip up one's lip is the alternative form of zip one's lip.

Meaning of zip one's lip

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

Forms of zip up one's lip

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

Questions about zip up one's lip

What is zip up one's lip the alternative form of?
Zip up one's lip is the alternative form of zip one's lip.

Words near zip up one's lip in the dictionary

  1. zip tie
  2. zip tied
  3. zip ties
  4. zip tying
  5. zip up
  6. zip up one's lip
  7. zip wire
  8. zip wires
  9. zip zap zop
  10. zip-a-dee-doo-dah
  11. Zip-A-Tone

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