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dummy up
verb
to stop talking; to be quiet US, 1928- I began to see the handwriting on the wall. I began to dummy up. — San Francisco Call Bulletin, p. A2, 10 December 1945
- A 33-year-old convict faced murder charges today for slicing off the head of another prisoner in the presence of 225 other inmates who “dummied up” to protect the slayer. — San Francisco News, p. 8, 15 December 1948
- I says, “You dummy up. I’ll do the stealing and there ain’t gonna be any pistols.” — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 99, 1972
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- Dummy up you square ass punks. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Airtight Willie and Me, p. 3, 1979
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 70, 1987
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