dummy up
verb
Forms dummies up dummying up dummied up
- verb To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality. “The carpenters dummied up a set of simple props for the rehearsals.”
- verb To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
- verb (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk. “When he couldn't think of any more good lies, he just dummied up.”
Synonyms
dummy close up clam up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “dummy up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details