"can it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-can it.ogg [Australia] Forms: cans it [present, singular, third-person], canning it [participle, present], canned it [participle, past], canned it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} can it (third-person singular simple present cans it, present participle canning it, simple past and past participle canned it)
  1. (idiomatic, imperative) To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something. Tags: idiomatic, imperative Synonyms: put a sock in it, shut it, shut up

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for can it meaning in English (2.2kB)

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