put up or shut up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === put up or shut up (third-person singular simple present puts up or shuts up, present participle putting up or shutting up, simple past and past participle put up or shut up) (idiomatic) To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary. === See also === put one's money where one's mouth is fish or cut bait === References === “put up or shut up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.