"shut one's gob" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shuts one's gob [present, singular, third-person], shutting one's gob [participle, present], shut one's gob [participle, past], shut one's gob [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shut<,,shut> one's gob}} shut one's gob (third-person singular simple present shuts one's gob, present participle shutting one's gob, simple past and past participle shut one's gob)
  1. (idiomatic, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To stop talking; to be quiet. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, idiomatic

Inflected forms

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        "To stop talking; to be quiet."
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        [
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        [
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        "(idiomatic, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To stop talking; to be quiet."
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        "singular",
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    },
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      "form": "shutting one's gob",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shut one's gob",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "(idiomatic, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To stop talking; to be quiet."
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