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Be quiet   /bi kwˈaɪət/   Listen
Be quiet

verb
1.
Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent.  Synonyms: belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up.  Antonym: open up.






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"Be quiet" Quotes from Famous Books



... Be quiet, Henry. Colonel Pickering: don't you realize that when Eliza walked into Wimpole Street, something ...
— Pygmalion • George Bernard Shaw

... better; and that the pay be the ordinary rate that is paid in the Yndias—or, if he chooses, even less. This will not only put an end to the said evils and annoyances, but will give rise to so great blessings; since the country will be quiet and settled, and there will be continual necessity for subduing and converting more lands, and conquering all of the neighboring islands and kingdoms. These will have the fear and respect that they ought to have for the power and might of his Majesty, and for the Spanish people—of which much ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume VI, 1583-1588 • Emma Helen Blair

... "Hush! Be quiet. She's all right. She's in the room where you left her, of course. She couldn't get out, could she? You've got the key. ...
— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln

... "Oh, be quiet!" Michaels held up an impatient hand. "I hate to be impolite about this, but it's no joke. I've got something hot here—really hot. I want to see Commissioner Jackson. And when he finds out what I've got, he's ...
— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole

... must be quiet and neat and respectable, and all that sort of thing for a little, when one becomes a family man. But I'm tired of it, that's the truth. I've done quite enough business, I consider, in the last week, to last me my life. So I shall put on a ball dress, ...
— Journeys Through Bookland V2 • Charles H. Sylvester


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