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Meaning of "put up the shutters" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT UP THE SHUTTERS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT UP THE SHUTTERS

put the moz on
put the nips in
put the question
put the record straight
put the wind up
put their heads together
put through
put to bed
put to death
put to flight
put to sea
put to shame
put to the torch
put two and two together
put up
put up to
put up with
put upon
put wise
put words into someone´s mouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT UP THE SHUTTERS

Angostura bitters
bitters
bolt cutters
butters
call letters
congratters
fan letters
fetters
in tatters
jitters
letters
Masters
matters
money matters
Roman letters
Schwitters
tatters
the jitters
trotters
wire cutters
wire-cutters

Synonyms and antonyms of put up the shutters in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «put up the shutters» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

关门大吉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

echar el cierre
570 millions of speakers

English

put up the shutters
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद लगाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طرح مصاريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мириться ставни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colocar as persianas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাটারগুলি রাখো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre en place les volets
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memasang penutup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufmachungen die Fensterläden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シャッターを設置
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셔터 를 넣어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sijine shutters
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa lên các cửa chớp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைப்புகளை வைக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शटर ठेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Panjuru koy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

messo le persiane
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wystawione okiennice
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

миритися віконниці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pus obloanele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρουσιάζονται τα παντζούρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sit die hortjies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta upp jalusier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sette opp skodder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of put up the shutters

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP THE SHUTTERS»

The term «put up the shutters» is regularly used and occupies the 82.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP THE SHUTTERS» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT UP THE SHUTTERS»

Discover the use of put up the shutters in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put up the shutters and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Faroese Short Stories
It's mostly at night they have this way of putting up the shutters and closing the door. That's what keeps me from sleeping you know." This he said in a whisper, "I always have to lie and listen, to hear when they come and put up the shutters, so I ...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... not to let them fall free Put up the shutter: Stop business for day * Shopkeepers in the city have put up the shutters very early today Put up to: Incite to; make conversant with; supply with useful information or tips about * Some of the older boys ...
Shori, A K, 2010
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A Mummer's Wife
Then her next door neighbour, the stationer's wife, called to ask after Mr. Ede and to buy a reel of cotton; and so, in evening chat, the time passed, until the fruiterer's boy came to ask if he should put up the shutters. Kate answered affirmatively ...
George Moore, Anthony Patterson, 2011
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The Railway Children
Then he said, 'Let's put up the shutters. It never rains but it pours. Now you've had two burglars I daresay you'll have twenty.' So we put up the shutters, which Eliza has strict orders to do before she goes out, only she never does, and we went ...
Edith Nesbit, 2004
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Complete Feminist Contemporary Women Novels Anthologies - ...
Then he said, 'Let's put up the shutters. It never rains but it pours. Now you've had two burglars I daresay you'll have twenty.' So we put up the shutters, which Eliza has strict orders to do before she goes out, only she never does, and we went ...
Virginia Woolf
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and ...
On the 2nd of December, I saw persons coming in the Minories, and the people shutting up their shops ; with the assistance of my servants, I locked my shop, and put up the shutters and bars. I went into the garret, and I saw a large mob ...
William Cobbett, Thomas Bayly Howell, Th. J. Howell, 1824
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Then he said, 'Let's put up the shutters. It never rains but it pours. Now you've hadtwo burglars I daresay you'll have twenty.' So we put up the shutters, which Elizahasstrict orders to do before she goes out, only she never does, andwe went  ...
Edith Nesbit, 2012
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Boating
We lashed everything down again and put up the shutters. It was clear that we would be hit soon, so we put out all three anchors, the big one on 800 feet of hawser. We kept the engine running at idle. The Ark was astern on a 500' hawser , with ...
9
The Magazine of Unbelievable Stories: April 2007 Vol II No 1
Put up the shutters.” Dillion ordered and dropped into place squinting at the horizon. Jessica scuttled down the ladder and ran for the back door, calling to the others as she ran. “They're coming. Put the shutters up.” She grabbed Joey, the two ...
Quill-Pen.net Press, 2007
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The Magazine of Unbelievable Stories (April 2007) Global Edition
Put up the shutters.” Dillion ordered and dropped into place squinting at the horizon. Jessica scuttled down the ladder and ran for the back door, calling to the others as she ran. “They're coming. Put the shutters up.” She grabbed Joey, the two ...
Andrei Lefebvre, H. F. Gibbard, Batya Deene, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUT UP THE SHUTTERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term put up the shutters is used in the context of the following news items.
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League: Melbourne ride wave of euphoria to victory
The opposition, to put it bluntly, after Melbourne Storm entered an arm wrestle ... on defence," said the prop, acknowledging the Storm had put up the shutters. «Hawke's Bay Today, Jul 15»
2
McDonald steals the show to leave Cats licking wounds
After Liam Hickey shot a goal (25 seconds) and Willie Brennan pointed, Wexford put up the shutters immediately at the back and with McDonald leading the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
To put up or shut-up?
de Souza is aware that to obfuscate and put up the shutters on such an issue would only invite more unwanted scrutiny on the firm and pose more questions as ... «Lawyers Weekly, Apr 14»

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