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hush up

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Verb

cause to be quiet or not talk
- Please silence the children in the church!

cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes

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Synonyms:
hush quieten silence still shut up whitewash gloss over sleek over

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "hush up":
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Words contain "hush up" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
hush-hush hush anticipative anticipant dimmed expectant dim

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