| Become silent |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Cease speaking (4,2) |
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| Stop talking about shellfish on the rise (4,2) |
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| Go silent |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Stop talking |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Suddenly fall silent |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Become silent (Informal) |
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| Refuse to speak: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Stop talking with cold Greek character amid drink (4,2) |
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| Vice rings close to you? Say no more |
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| Mug gets strike keep quiet (4,2) |
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| To become silent suddenly, often through embarrassment or nerves (4,2) |
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| Show appreciation about letter from Greece, then become silent (4,2) |
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| Become close mouthed |
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| Become closemouthed |
Universal |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Go suddenly silent |
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| Refuse to answer questions |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Thwart the interrogators |
New York Times |
07 May 2023 |
| Stop talking |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Stop responding |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2021 |
| Refuse to talk |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Refuse to talk |
New York Times |
21 May 2021 |
| Refuse to continue talking |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Refuse to talk |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Hush one's mouth |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2019 |
| Hush one's mouth |
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| Abruptly stop talking |
The Times Concise |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Give nothing away |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2015 |
| Give nothing away |
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| Shut one's trap |
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| Stop talking |
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| Stop talking |
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| Keep mum |
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| Button one's lip |
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| "Don't say a word!" |
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| Cease talking |
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| "... but they always quiet themselves when I tell them to ___" |
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| Button one's lip |
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| Zip one's lip |
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| "Don't say a word!" |
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| Not rat |
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| Refuse to talk |
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| Say nothing |
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| Refuse to speak |
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| Stop talking |
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| Refuse to talk |
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| Refuse to talk |
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| Get quiet |
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| Refuse to talk |
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| Suddenly be quiet |
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| Refuse to talk |
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| Button one's lip |
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| Withhold information |
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| Quit talking |
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| Play dumb |
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