put a sock in it
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from a crude means of muffling a record player's speaker.
Pronunciation
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Verb
put a sock in it (third-person singular simple present puts a sock in it, present participle putting a sock in it, simple past and past participle put a sock in it)
- (figuratively, informal, humorous, idiomatic) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.
- He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:stop talking
Translations
To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth
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Further reading
- “put a sock in it”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.