Hush Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The executive tried to hush up the company's involvement in the financial scandal to avoid public backlash.
- She attempted to hush up her child's behavior by convincing the other parents that nothing had happened.
- The government was accused of attempting to hush up the security breach to maintain public trust.
- The family tried to hush up the dark secrets surrounding the patriarch's dealings to preserve their reputation.
- The investigation revealed a systematic attempt to hush up the accident to avoid accountability and potential litigation.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The mother tried to hush up the crying baby in her arms.
- The teacher raised her hand to hush up the chattering students.
- The librarian moved to hush up the loud teenagers in the study room.
- Please hush up, the patient is trying to rest.
- The principal asked the rowdy students to hush up during the assembly.