VDict - Definition of be quiet

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be quiet

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Verb

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- The children shut up when their father approached

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Synonyms:
close up clam up dummy up shut up belt up button up keep mum

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quiet quieten calm down hush quiescency quiescence dormancy tranquillize tranquillise tranquilize more...

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