- hush someone up
- hush (someone) up
to not let someone talk about something.
She knew about the defects, and company officials tried to hush her up.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
hush someone up
Look at other dictionaries:
hush someone up — 1. tv. to make someone be quiet. □ Please hush your baby up! 2. tv. to kill someone. □ Nobody knew how to get to Mr. Big to hush him up. CD Mr. Big told Sam to hush up Bart … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hush up — hush (someone) up to not let someone talk about something. She knew about the defects, and company officials tried to hush her up … New idioms dictionary
hush — [[t]hʌ̱ʃ[/t]] hushes, hushing, hushed 1) CONVENTION You say Hush! to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet. Hush, my love, it s all right. 2) V ERG If you hush someone or they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise. [V n]… … English dictionary
hush up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone hushes something up, they prevent other people from knowing about it. [V n P] The scandal has been discussed by the politburo, although the authorities have tried to hush it up... [V P n (not pron)] The Ministry… … English dictionary
hush — hushedly /hush id lee, husht lee/, adv. hushful, adj. hushfully, adv. /hush/, interj. 1. (used as a command to be silent or quiet.) v.i. 2. to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in. v.t. 3. to make silent; silence. 4.… … Universalium
hush — [[t]hʌʃ[/t]] interj. v. hushed, hush•ing, n. interj. 1) (used as a command to be silent or quiet.) 2) to become or be silent or quiet 3) to make silent; silence 4) to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often fol. by up): to hush up a… … From formal English to slang
hush — I. /hʌʃ / (say hush) interjection 1. (a command to be silent or quiet.) –verb (i) 2. to become or be silent or quiet. –verb (t) 3. to make silent; silence. 4. to suppress mention of; keep concealed. 5. to calm or allay: to hush someone s fears.… …
hush money — ➔ money * * * hush money UK US noun [U] INFORMAL ► money that is given to someone so that they will not give secret information to other people: »His secretary claims he offered her hush money to keep quiet about the affair … Financial and business terms
hush money — hush .money n [U] money that is paid to someone not to tell other people about something embarrassing … Dictionary of contemporary English
hush money — hush ,money noun uncount money that is paid so that someone will not tell other people about embarrassing or illegal behavior … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
