put up or shut upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

put up or shut up (三人称単数 現在形 puts up または shuts up, 現在分詞 putting up または shutting up, 過去形および過去分詞形 put up または shut up)

1. (idiomatic) To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary.
   • 2005 June 21, Cornelia Dean, "Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution ," New York Times (retrieved 22 June 2011):

     "If the evidence for modern Darwinian theory is so overwhelming, they should have called the bluff on the other side and come and made their arguments. ... They should have put up or shut up."

参考

• put one's money where one's mouth is
• fish or cut bait

参照

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