put up or shut up
informalIf you say someone should put up or shut up, you mean that they should either take action in order to do what they have been talking about, or stop talking about it:
You keep saying you're going to ask her out. Well, put up or shut up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: expressions telling people to stop doing something
- age
- break
- break it up! idiom
- butt out
- cool it idiom
- cut
- give it a rest idiom
- hold
- hold everything! idiom
- hold it! idiom
- hold on
- hold your horses idiom
- just
- leave
- pack sth in
- put
- rest
- wait
- wait for it idiom
- whoa
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