Put-a-sock-in-it Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.

He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it.
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Origin of Put-a-sock-in-it

  • Possibly from a crude means of muffling a gramophone's speaker.

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