hush up

hush someone up 

1. to make someone quiet. Please hush the children up. I have a telephone call. Hush up those kids!

2. Sl. to kill someone. The gang was afraid the witness would testify and wanted to hush him up. Mr. Big told Sam to hush up Richard.

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hush something up

Fig. to keep something a secret; to try to stop a rumor from spreading. We just couldn't hush it up. We wanted to hush up the story, but there was no way to do it.

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hush up

to be quiet; to get quiet; to stop talking. You talk too much. Hush up! I want you to hush up and sit down!

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hush somebody up also hush up somebody

to not let someone talk about something She knew about the defects, and company officials tried to hush her up.

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hush something up also hush up something

to not let something become known She could have died ten years ago, and the news was hushed up. They made a great effort to hush things up and maintain order.

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