hush up
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'hush', of imitative origin.
مثال
- He tried to hush up the scandal.
- They hushed up the incident to avoid bad publicity.
- She hushed up her children when the movie started.
ترکیبهای رایج
hush up a scandal hush up the truth hush up an incident
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error “Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin” “She tried to gloss over her mistakes” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody”
- cause to be quiet or not talk “Please silence the children in the church!” “Cause: hush” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody”
مترادفها
Suppress, conceal, cover over, hide, keep secret, keep private.