Dummy Up

Definition: Dummy Up

1. Make a dummy of; as of books or pages to be published.

2. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached".

Synonyms: be quiet (v), belt up (v), button up (v), clam up (v), close up (v), dummy (v), keep mum (v), shut up (v). (additional references)

Antonym: open up (v). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Dummy Up

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Dummy up! (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Dummy Up

Domain	Title
Books	Dummy Up and Deal (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: Dummy Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-m-m-p-u-u-y"
	-2 letters: dummy, dumpy.
	-3 letters: dump, mump, mumu.
	-4 letters: dup, mud, mum, pud, umm, ump, yum, yup.
	-5 letters: mm, mu, my, um, up.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: Dummy Up

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