voices off

phrase

be quiet; silence!

Meanings

phrase
  1. be quiet; silence!

    Redirect and remind (verbal): "Freeze. Voices off; eyes on me. Everyone take a few deep breaths." Let students be silent together for thirty seconds.

    2013, Margaret Berry Wilson, Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More..., Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., →ISBN, page 58
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APA

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Chicago

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