hush up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de hacer callar a alguien o de ocultar información para mantenerla en secreto.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Suppress informationinformal

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

   encubrir información

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscensorconcealcover upkeep quietmuzzlestonewallsuppresssweep under the rug

   Antónimosdiscloseexposereveal

2. Make quietinformal

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

   Hacer callar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosgaghushmuzzlequietquietenshushsilencestill

Verbo basehush