Phrase guide

shut one's gob

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To stop talking; to be quiet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, idiomatic

Examples

  • Why don't you just shut your gob? I'm tired of listening to you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: belt up, button it, button one's lip, back that train up, can it, clam up, cork it, dummy up, hush down, hush one's mouth, pipe down, put a lid on it, put a sock in it, shaddap, shut it, shut one's big bazoo, shut one's cake hole, shut one's face, shut one's gob, shut one's head, shut one's mouth, shut one's pie hole, shut one's trap, shut one's yap, shut the front door, shut up, STFU, stick a sock in it, stuff a sock in it, wind one's neck in, zip it, zip one's lip

Antonyms: none provided

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