Possibly from <span class="searchmatch">a</span> crude means of muffling <span class="searchmatch">a</span> record player's speaker. <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">puts</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>, present participle...
<span class="searchmatch">puts</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>...
putting <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>...
present sticks a sock in it, present participle sticking a sock in it, simple past and past participle stuck <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>...
present stuffs a sock in it, present participle stuffing a sock in it, simple past and past participle stuffed <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>...
it, present participle putting a cork in it, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cork <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>) (slang) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> (“be quiet”) cork <span class="searchmatch">it</span>...
hockey <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> hospital <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> knee <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> knock somebody's <span class="searchmatch">socks</span> off low-<span class="searchmatch">sock</span> mike <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> no show <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> pop <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> pull one's <span class="searchmatch">socks</span> up <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> secret <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> slipper...
participle corked it) (slang) To be quiet; to shut up. He was so loud I told him to cork <span class="searchmatch">it</span>. <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cork <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> zip <span class="searchmatch">it</span> slang: to be quiet...
<span class="searchmatch">put</span> an end to something. Can <span class="searchmatch">it</span>, you two! I'm trying to work. I told him to can <span class="searchmatch">it</span>, 'cause he was getting to be annoying. <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span>, shut <span class="searchmatch">it</span>,...
around <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> shift <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> aside <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sock</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spanner <span class="searchmatch">in</span> the works <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> spoke <span class="searchmatch">in</span> someone's wheel <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> stopper to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> stop to <span class="searchmatch">put</span> asunder <span class="searchmatch">put</span> at...