shut it

English

Etymology

With it referring to a person's mouth.

Phrase

shut it

1. (usually imperative, rude) To stop talking or making noise; to shut up.

   Shut it! I don't want to hear another word from you!

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "If you 'adn't sleepy fits you'd get some work to do, like other men." "Oh, shut it, woman!"