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DUMMY UP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

Example:

The children shut up when their father approached

Synonyms:

be quiet; belt up; button up; clam up; close up; dummy up; keep mum; shut up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a dummy of

Example:

dummy up the books that are to be published

Synonyms:

dummy; dummy up

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "dummy up" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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