put up or shut up (English, verb)
expansion: put up or shut up (third-person singular simple present puts up or shuts up, present participle putting up or shutting up, simple past and past participle put up or shut up)
Senses:
glosses: To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts up or shuts up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting up or shutting up
tags: participle
present
singular
third-person
form: put up
tags: participle
past
present
singular
third-person
form: put up
tags: past
present
singular
third-person
form: shut up
tags: participle
past
present
singular
third-person
form: shut up
tags: past
present
singular
third-person