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hush up
vb
(tr, adverb) to suppress information or rumours about
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Verb | 1. | hush up - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" |
2. | hush up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting |
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hush
verb2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.Also used with up:
burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.
Informal: sit on (or upon).
3. To prevent (something) from being known.Also used with up:
Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps.
1. The absence of sound or noise:
2. An absence of motion or disturbance:
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Translations
يَكْتُم فَضيحَة، يَطْمُس
ututlat
dysse ned
agyonhallgateltussol
òagga niîur
ututlať
gizlemekörtbas etmek
w>hush up
vt sep → vertuschen
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hush
(haʃ) interjection be quiet; silence. Hush! Don't wake the baby.
noun silence. A hush came over the room.
hushed adjective silent, still. a hushed room/crowd.
hush up to prevent from becoming known to the general public. The affair was hushed up.
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