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Verb: clam up
  1. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
    "The children clam up when their father approached"
    - close up, dummy up [N. Amer], shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum

Derived forms: clammed up, clamming up, clams up

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