What Does Clamming up?

: to become silent clammed up and refused to talk.

Is clam up an idiom?

Clam up is a idiom that came into use in the twentieth century. An idiom is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. ... To clam up means to go silent, to be quiet, to shut up, to refuse to speak.

What is the opposite of clamming up?

Opposite of to stop talking, to shut up. speak. talk. speak up.

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