muffle up
muffle up
To dampen or silence a loud noise. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muffle" and "up." The assassin used a pillow to muffle up the sound of the gun. I put on extra thick socks to muffle my footsteps up, but Tom was still able to hear me. The walls in our apartment do almost nothing to muffle up the sounds coming from the adjoining room.
See also: up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
muffle something up
to deaden or stifle a sound. Betty tried to muffle the sounds up, but everyone heard what was going on. She muffled up the sounds.
See also: up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (Is) this taken?
- empty in(to) (something)
- empty into
- enlist in
- enlist in (something)
- batten
- batten down
- copy out
- copy out (by hand)
- a little goes a long way