What does shut up mean?
Idiom Meaning:
be quiet
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Eighth Grade (2018)
Time of Scene:
Mark Day: You said I could say one thing. Can I say one thing, please?
Kayla Day: Fine.
Mark Day: Thank you. Look. When I was your age, I wasn’t cool like you. You have all these interests. And your videos and just how you express yourself. It’s so… it’s just so cool. It’s so great. And I just… I just think maybe you just need to put yourself out there a little bit.
Kayla Day: Please stop.
Mark Day: And I know the kids at school are not great. I’m not saying you have to be best friends with Kennedy Graves. And I know this is gonna sound lame. I just think you’re a really special person.
Kayla Day: Dad…
Mark Day: And I know it’s like, you know, all dad’s think that. And I… but even if I wasn’t your dad, I would still think that. I would.
Kayla Day: Dad…
Mark Day: I’m sorry…
Kayla Day: Dad…
Mark Day: I would…
Kayla Day: Dad!
Mark Day: I…
Kayla Day: This is more than one thing.
Mark Day: It’s a chunk of things.
Kayla Day: Uggg.
Mark Day: And I know, it’s like, dad, shut up. Dad, shut up. I get it. Please. I get it. But I’m actually not saying this to make you feel bad. I’m saying it to make you feel better.
Kayla Day: You know what would make me feel better?
Mark Day: What?
Kayla Day: Is if you let me go on my phone.
Mark Day: Ok, fine. Go ahead.
Vacation (1983)
Time of Scene:
Ellen Griswold: Stay in the car! It’s hot and dangerous out here.
Aunt Edna: Don’t you tell me what to do. I’ll do what I want! I should never have come on this trip with you. I should have taken an airplane. And he… He shouldn’t even have a license to drive an automobile! He should be behind bars!
Ellen Griswold: Sit down and shut up! Move out of that seat and I’ll split your lip!
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