Usually means: Cease speaking or making noise.
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  1. fall silent: Merriam-Webster
  2. fall silent: Wiktionary

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  1. Fall Silent: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fall silent)

▸ verb:  To become quiet.

Similar:
keep quiet, quieten, quiet, silence, hush down, make silent, quiet down, quiesce, hush, quieten down, more...

Opposite:
speak up, vocalize, articulate, express, enunciate

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Similar:
keep quiet, quieten, quiet, silence, hush down, make silent, quiet down, quiesce, hush, quieten down, more...

Opposite:
speak up, vocalize, articulate, express, enunciate



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