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Verb: dummy up
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
    "The suspect dummied up when questioned by the police";
    - close up, clam up [informal], shut up, belt up [Brit, informal], button up, be quiet, keep mum [informal]
     
  2. Make a mock-up or prototype version of something
    "dummy up the books that are to be published";
    - dummy

Derived forms: dummies up, dummied up, dummying up

Type of: create, forbear, make, produce, refrain