can it

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can it (third-person singular simple present cans it, present participle canning it, simple past and past participle canned it)

1. (idiomatic, imperative) To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.

   Can it, you two! I'm trying to work.

   I told him to can it, 'cause he was getting to be annoying.

• put a sock in it, shut it, shut up

• actin, actin', actin-, antic, cain't