Clam Up
To fall silent. To stop talking. To keep quiet.
Meaning from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:
Clam [klam]
- 1. a type of edible clam; 2. informal. a taciturn/unsociable person.
- 1. to search for/collect clams; 2. to CLAM up informal. to keep quiet.
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