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hush up

VERB
keep secret
Synonyms
WEAK
burke conceal cover cover up keep dark sit on smother squash stifle suppress
Antonyms
WEAK
reveal tell
NOUN
suppression
Synonyms
STRONG
concealment cover-up placing under wraps veil of secrecy whitewash

Example Sentences

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Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government’s refusal to let him pay for police security.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Glasnost faced a dramatic test in April 1986, when a nuclear power station exploded in Chornobyl, Ukraine, and authorities tried at first to hush up the disaster.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022

Rights activists say that local authorities often try to hush up cases like this one.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

All of which has the distinct sound of a hush up.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

He criticized everything and Nancy kept telling him to hush up.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote