Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent.
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Examples for "close up"
Examples for "close up"
1I shall be very interested to see how you work, close up.
2It'd been a long time since I'd seen one so close up.
3Dain caught a glimpse; another two said they saw it close up.
4The property allows city folk a rare close up of working farms.
5The sea was already close up to the stern of the boat.
1She would immediately clam up or try to change the subject.
2If I asked him questions straight out, he might clam up.
3This caused the three Martians to clam up and look at one another.
4Wallander thought that if he pushed too hard the boy might clam up.
5You can't just say something like that and then clam up!
1If you dummy up on cops they will slap you around.
2Meet Mr. Wood! she declared happily, holding the grinning dummy up in front of her.
3Lindy lifted the dummy up by the legs, then slammed his body hard against the floor.
4She hoisted the dummy up from the chair where it had spent the day beside Lindy's dummy.
1The arms shut up in the arsenals were distributed among the populace.
2Mrs. Sutcliffe would be shut up in the dining-room with the sewing-party.
3The gnomes kept me shut up in their hill all the time.
4The place is now shut up, and the owners live in France.
5The troubled times of the Regulators shut up the courts of justice.
1Then he got out, hitching his belt up over his considerable girth.
2So why do they sometimes belt up and other times don't?
3On the accessory front, men and women can belt up for the season.
4She is urging road users over the Easter break to " belt up".
5She brought the belt up, undid the loop, then wrapped it around her waist.
1Tell her to button up her suit and turn her radio on.
2I button up my jacket, thanking God for the warmth of it.
3She began to button up her coat again with sure, thin fingers.
4All he could do was button up again and hope nobody had noticed.
5Then button up the coat, and do the same with that.
1Well, you had better warn her to keep mum before her father.
2And I know you'll be a friend of mine, and keep mum.
3It don't make any difference WHAT happens, we got to keep mum.
4Well, keep mum 'bout it, will ye, till I talk to him?
5He thinks it a good joke and he will keep mum.
1The one thing in the world we wanted was to be quiet.
2She should avoid forwardness, and be quiet in manner and in speech.
3I wish I were there; it must be quiet at any rate.
4The men are required to be quiet and orderly in their deportment.
5The horses are only a little balky; they will be quiet soon.
6But he did not complain; it was his habit to be quiet.
7I can only ask you to be quiet and speak in whispers.
8He said, 'If you promise to be quiet, I'll let you go.
9We need to be quiet and not let anyone know we're here.
10The very consciousness that I must be quiet made it almost impossible.
11The dress should be quiet and plain without any attempt at display.
12He hoped she had the sense to stay there and be quiet.
13No be near much noise-fineplace in woods where be quiet nights.
14That means we need to be quiet when we're in his room.
15She should be quiet in hatred of treason, humiliating suspicions, and mistrust.
16Keep your hands on the hilts of your swords, and be quiet.
Translations for be quiet