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Shut up (6)

Ross

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This might be a double definition.

'shut' is the first definition.
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'up' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for imprison that I've seen before include "put in detention" , "Bang up" , "Purveyor of blooms" , "Put away" , "Send down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Globe and Mail and The Irish News.
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