hush up

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verb

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes
• Syn:
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over
• Derivationally related forms:
whitewash (for: whitewash)
• Hypernyms:
cover, cover up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. cause to be quiet or not talk
- Please silence the children in the church!
• Syn:
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up
• Ant:
louden (for: quieten)
• See Also:
hush up (for: hush)
• Derivationally related forms:
still (for: still), silence (for: silence), silencer (for: silence), hush (for: hush)
• Hypernyms:
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Hyponyms:
shush, lull, calm down, shout down, gag, muzzle
• Verb Group:
quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
• Cause:
hush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody