Idiom Breakdown

can it

IMPERATIVE

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Definition

To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.

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In Context

"Can it, you two! I'm trying to work."
"I told him to can it, 'cause he was getting to be annoying."

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Also Said As

put a sock in it
shut it
shut up