hush : Idioms & Phrases

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Hush money

  • noun a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
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  • money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.
Webster 1913

hush puppy

  • noun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)
    hushpuppy.
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hush up

  • verb cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
    sleek over; whitewash; gloss over.
    • Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
    • She tried to gloss over her mistakes
  • verb cause to be quiet or not talk
    shut up; hush; quieten; still; silence.
    • Please silence the children in the church!
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hush-hush

  • adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    hugger-mugger; clandestine; secret; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; underground; cloak-and-dagger; undercover.
    • clandestine intelligence operations
    • cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
    • hole-and-corner intrigue
    • secret missions
    • a secret agent
    • secret sales of arms
    • surreptitious mobilization of troops
    • an undercover investigation
    • underground resistance
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hushed-up

  • adjective satellite (used of information or news) kept secret by using influence
    • hushed-up stories sometimes leak out
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To hush up

  • to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up."
Webster 1913