Akademik

dummy up

verb

1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

- The children shut up when their father approached

• Syn:

• Ant: ↑open up (for: ↑close up)

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s

2. make a dummy of

- dummy up the books that are to be published

• Syn: ↑dummy

• Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

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informal keep quiet; give no information

Useful english dictionary. 2012.