zip one's lip

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zip one's lip

verb zips one's lip · zipping one's lip · zipped one's lip · zip it · zip up one's lip

  1. idiomatic, imperative, informal, often To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up. Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you.

    Similar: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth, shut one’s trap, shut up

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@misc{zip_one_s_lip_2026,
  title = {zip one's lip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zip%20one's%20lip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}