shut sb/sth up

— Phrasal Verb with shut

/ʃʌt/ verb [I, T] (present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut)

Definition

› to keep a person or animal somewhere and prevent them from leaving: You can't keep it shut up in a cage all day.

(Definition of shut sb/sth up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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