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Meanings of shut up in English

Portuguese
calar a boca
Catalan
callar
Spanish
callar

Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent.

    calar a boca
    Spanish
    encerrar

    Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.

        encerrar
        Portuguese
        silenciar
        Catalan
        apaivagar

        Cause to be quiet or not talk.

            silenciar

            Closely confined.

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                  Usage of shut up in English
                  1
                  The arms shut up in the arsenals were distributed among the populace.
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                  2
                  Mrs. Sutcliffe would be shut up in the dining-room with the sewing-party.
                  Mary Olivier: a Life
                  3
                  The gnomes kept me shut up in their hill all the time.
                  A Patriotic Schoolgirl
                  4
                  The place is now shut up, and the owners live in France.
                  Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (2 of 2) / (2nd...
                  5
                  The troubled times of the Regulators shut up the courts of justice.
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                  6
                  And yet-Sylviawas shut up for life in the House of Martha.
                  The House of Martha
                  7
                  Sixty Republicans were shut up in this redoubt of the Petit Carreau.
                  The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
                  8
                  He passed along the passages or remained shut up in his pantry.
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                  9
                  The enemy remained for several days shut up in its impregnable position.
                  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
                  10
                  But perhaps you would not like him shut up in the carriage.
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                  11
                  We soon found the room in which Captain Rogers was shut up.
                  Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
                  12
                  We shall now shut up all with the application in some uses.
                  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
                  13
                  Nelson did not want to keep the French shut up in Toulon.
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                  14
                  I'd as soon shut up a thousand game-cocks in the same cellar.
                  Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
                  15
                  The houses are all shut up and the people gone to bed.
                  A Tramp's Sketches
                  16
                  The avenging gates close on them-theyare all shut up in hell.
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