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Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Keep from public knowledge, suppress mention of. For example, They tried to hush up the damaging details. [First half of 1600s]
American Heritage Idioms