hush up

étouffer, dissimuler

Empêcher les gens d’apprendre quelque chose de honteux ou de répréhensible.

En anglais simple : To prevent people from learning about something embarrassing or wrong.

• They tried to hush up the scandal.
• The company hushed up several serious accidents.
• Why was the report hushed up?

Comment l'utiliser : hush something up (Officials tried to hush the accident up.)

Synonymes : cover up, conceal, suppress

Contraires : reveal, expose

Expressions courantes : hush up something, hush up a scandal

se taire

Arrêter de parler ou de faire du bruit.

En anglais simple : To stop talking or making noise.

• Hush up and listen.
• The children hushed up when the story began.
• Will you hush up for a minute?

Synonymes : be quiet, quiet down

Expressions courantes : hush up now, hush up quickly

faire taire

Empêcher quelqu’un de continuer à parler, surtout pour qu’il ne révèle pas d’informations.

En anglais simple : To make someone stop speaking, especially to stop them revealing information.

• She hushed the children up.
• Someone threatened him to hush him up.
• Did they pay the witness to hush her up?

Comment l'utiliser : hush someone up (They tried to hush the witness up.)

Synonymes : silence, quiet

Expressions courantes : hush up someone, hush up witnesses