Idiom
zip up
Meaning
To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please zip up and listen to the teacher.”
“The detective told the suspect to zip up until his lawyer arrived at the station.”
“Realizing he had already said too much, he decided to zip up before he revealed any more sensitive information.”
Examples
simple
“Please zip up and listen to the teacher.”
contextual
“The detective told the suspect to zip up until his lawyer arrived at the station.”
complex
“Realizing he had already said too much, he decided to zip up before he revealed any more sensitive information.”
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