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put up or shut up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary.
    • "If the evidence for modern Darwinian theory is so overwhelming, they should have called the bluff on the other side and come and made their arguments. ... They should have put up or shut up." 2005 June 21, Cornelia Dean, “Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021, retrieved 22 Jun 2011:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put up Tense=Past lexicographic
shut up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shut up Tense=Past lexicographic
putting up or shutting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
puts up or shuts up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

put one's money where one's mouth is · fish or cut bait