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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. 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. 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! 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. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sharpen your claws on the San Francisco stage production of Hush Up, Sweet Charlotte, an adaptation of the Bette Davis cult classic Hush . ``Anyone who thinks you can hush up (the church's ministers) for a few pieces of silver doesn't know them very well. |
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