hush up

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to keep an embarrassing or damaging matter from becoming publicly known.

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   hush something up / hush up something

   Usage: A noun object may follow up or come between the verb and particle. Put a personal pronoun between them: hush it up.

   The director tried to hush up the missing funds before the annual meeting.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The director tried to hush up the missing funds before the annual meeting.

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