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clam up

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Verb

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- The children shut up when their father approached

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Synonyms:
close up dummy up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "clam up":
clamp cleanup clump clam up clean up climb up clomp
Words contain "clam up" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
soft-shell clam long-neck clam steamer clam round clam quahog quahaug clamshell hard-shell clam steamer mya arenaria more...

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