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I ʃʌt ˈʌp Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case

Sentence 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:

"You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid."
Definition (
transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
) To
enclose
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enclose
(a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
Pronunciation
  • (
    UK
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English
    )
    IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation
    )
    : /ʃʌt ˈʌp/
  • (
    US
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
    )
    IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation
    )
    : /ʃʌt ˈʌp/, [ʃʌˈɾʌp]

Tags: shut, up

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