Verb: dummy up
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- 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]
- 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