Usually means: Stop talking; be quiet now.
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  1. put a sock in it: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put a sock in it: Merriam-Webster
  3. put a sock in it: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. put a sock in it: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Put a sock in it: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. put a sock in it: Wiktionary
  7. Put a Sock in it: The Word Detective
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  1. Put a sock in it: Idioms

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  1. put a sock in it: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. put a sock in it: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (put a sock in it)

verb:  (figuratively, informal, humorous, idiomatic) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.

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