hush up

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, jemanden zum Schweigen zu bringen oder Informationen zu vertuschen, damit sie geheim bleiben.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making someone quiet or suppressing information to keep it secret.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Suppress informationinformal

   To prevent something from becoming known to the public, often by using secrecy or influence.

   Vertuschen

   • The company tried to hush up the scandal.
   • They hushed up the details of the accident.
   • The government was accused of hushing up the report.

   Synonymecensorconcealcover upkeep quietmuzzlestonewallsuppresssweep under the rug

   Antonymediscloseexposereveal

2. Make quietinformal

   To cause someone or something to become quiet, especially by telling them to stop talking.

   Zum Schweigen bringen

   • The teacher hushed up the noisy students.
   • She hushed up the children so the baby could sleep.
   • He tried to hush up the crowd before the announcement.

   Synonymegaghushmuzzlequietquietenshushsilencestill

Grundverbhush