hush up

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hush up

The teacher asked the children to hush up during story time.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To cause someone or something to become quiet; to suppress speech or noise.
    • To conceal or cover up a misdeed, fault, or embarrassing fact; to prevent information from becoming public knowledge.
Usage and Examples

  • To cause silence:

    • The teacher had to hush up the excited class before the principal entered.
    • He managed to hush up the barking dog with a treat.

  • To conceal information:

    • The company tried to hush up the scandal to protect its reputation.
    • They paid money to hush up the details of the accident.
Advanced Usage
  • Often used in contexts involving authority, secrecy, or scandal.
  • Can imply an intentional, and sometimes unethical, effort to keep something secret.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hush (verb): To make or become quiet. (e.g., )
  • Cover up (verb phrase): A close synonym for the "conceal" meaning of .
  • Suppress (verb): To prevent something from being revealed or expressed.
Synonyms
  • Silence (verb): To cause to be quiet.
  • Conceal: To keep something secret.
  • Quiet: To make quiet.
  • Whitewash: To gloss over or cover up faults.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
  • Hush up does not have common phrasal verb variants beyond its standard two-word form. It functions as a single semantic unit.
Related Idioms
  • Sweep something under the rug: Similar to the "conceal" meaning, implying hiding a problem to avoid dealing with it.
    • The government was accused of sweeping the report under the rug.
hush up

The teacher asked the children to hush up during story time.

Verb
  1. cause to be quiet or not talk
    • Please silence the children in the church!
  2. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
    • Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
    • She tried to gloss over her mistakes

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