Be quiet please!
View Poll Results: Put a sock in it!
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Stuff a sock into it
31 2.54% -
Use a sock as a gag
66 5.40% -
Be quiet, please!
1,105 90.43% -
Put it in the sock drawer
20 1.64%
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Thread: Put a sock in it
- 07-Jul-2007, 07:02 #1
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Put a sock in it Which is the correct definition?
- 08-Jul-2007, 08:22 #2
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Re: Put a sock in it
- 08-Jul-2007, 13:09 #3
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Re: Put a sock in it Okay.
Originally Posted by udara sankalpa 
Be quiet please!
- 08-Jul-2007, 15:40 #4
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Re: Put a sock in it 
But it's interesting to bear in mind the origin of the phrase - in relation to old phonographs (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16593.../image_196.jpg) with no volume control. The only way to make it quieter was indeed to 'stuff a sock in it'.
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- 08-Jul-2007, 17:51 #5
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Re: Put a sock in it
Put a sock in it. Meaning. A request to be quiet. Origin. This is a colloquial British phrase that originated in the early 20th century. ...www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/292100.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
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WHAT IS the meaning and origin of "put a sock in it"? (K. Renuka, Bangalore). When you tell someone to "put a sock in it", what you are telling him/her to ...www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2003/08/05/stories/2003080500630200.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
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"Put a sock in it". Definition: A terse request to be quiet. Origin: Since early gramophones had no volume control knobs, playing them at anything less than ...www.askmen.com/fashion/austin_100/100_fashion_style.html - Similar pages
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There's also the fact that the first print citation for "put a sock in it" found .... Dear Word Detective: What is the origin of "she handed him the mitten" ...www.word-detective.com/092205.html - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
- 20-Dec-2007, 22:24 #6
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Re: Put a sock in it It's not really a request to be quiet. It's really a rude way to tell someone to be quiet... along the lines of "shut up".
- 29-Jan-2008, 13:59 #7
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Re: Put a sock in it alternatives:
put a cork in it; stuff a cork in it, cork it, stow it, shut your piehole, shut it, shut your face. all express the same meaning, with a varying degree of rudeness and vulgarity, naturally. so, buyer beware
- 18-May-2008, 02:40 #8
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Re: Put a sock in it i think put asock in it it means dont worry but its didnt express about respect
- 19-May-2008, 09:00 #9
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he came by me what is mean that "he came by me""
i have heard mny people saying this word.
- 23-May-2008, 20:16 #10
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Re: he came by me He came to see me. Originally Posted by saancha
He dropped in on me (rather spontaneously)
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