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HUSHED-UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hushed-up mean?
• HUSHED-UP (adjective)
The adjective HUSHED-UP has 1 sense:
1. (used of information or news) kept secret by using influence
Familiarity information: HUSHED-UP used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of information or news) kept secret by using influence
Context example:
hushed-up stories sometimes leak out
Similar:
suppressed (kept from public knowledge by various means)
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