phrasal verb

Clam up

Letter CInseparable

Clam up

Be quiet, refuse to speak

Meanings

Be quiet, refuse to speak (intransitive, International English)

Examples

Everybody CLAMMED UP when the Principal entered.

Related

clam + …Same base verb … + upSame particle

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