shut up

shut up
1. transitive verb
1) (close) abschließen; zuschließen

shut up [the/one's] house — das/sein Haus [sicher] abschließen; see also academic.ru/66797/shop">shop 1. 2)

2) (put away) einschließen [Dokumente, Wertsachen usw.]; einsperren [Tier, Person]

shut something up in something — etwas in etwas (Akk.) schließen

shut somebody up in an asylum — jemanden in eine Anstalt sperren

3) (reduce to silence) zum Schweigen bringen
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (be quiet) den Mund halten (ugs.)

shut up! — halt den Mund! (ugs.)

* * *
1) (to (cause to) stop speaking: Tell them to shut up!; That'll shut him up!) den Mund halten/stopfen
2) (to close and lock: It's time to shut up the shop.) schließen
* * *
shut up
I. vt
1. (confine)
to \shut up up ⇆ sb/an animal [in sth] jdn/ein Tier [in etw dat] einsperren
2. AUS, BRIT (close)
to \shut up up ⇆ sth etw schließen
to \shut up up shop das Geschäft schließen; (fig: stop business) seine Tätigkeit einstellen
3. (fam: cause to stop talking)
to \shut up up ⇆ sb jdn zum Schweigen bringen
to \shut up up a baby (fig) ein Baby beruhigen
to \shut up sb up for good jdn für immer zum Schweigen bringen
II. vi
1. AUS, BRIT (close for day) [seinen Laden] zuschließen
2. (fam: stop talking) den Mund halten fam
* * *
1. vt sep
1) house verschließen → shop
See:
shop
2) (= imprison) einsperren

you can't spend your whole life shut up in libraries — Sie können sich doch nicht Ihr ganzes Leben lang in Bibliotheken vergraben

3) (inf: silence) zum Schweigen bringen

that'll soon shut him up — das wird ihm schon den Mund stopfen (inf)

every time I try to say something she always tries to shut me up — jedes Mal, wenn ich etwas sagen will, fährt sie mir über den Mund

2. vi (inf)
den Mund or die Klappe halten (inf)

shut up! — halt die Klappe! (inf)

* * *
shut up
A v/t
1. das Haus etc (fest) verschließen, verriegeln: shop A 1 a
2. jemanden einsperren:
shut o.s. up sich einschließen
3. umg jemandem den Mund stopfen
B v/i (meist imp) umg die Klappe halten
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (close) abschließen; zuschließen

shut up [the/one's] house — das/sein Haus [sicher] abschließen; see also shop 1. 2)

2) (put away) einschließen [Dokumente, Wertsachen usw.]; einsperren [Tier, Person]

shut something up in something — etwas in etwas (Akk.) schließen

shut somebody up in an asylum — jemanden in eine Anstalt sperren

3) (reduce to silence) zum Schweigen bringen
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (be quiet) den Mund halten (ugs.)

shut up! — halt den Mund! (ugs.)


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