as in to speak out
to voice one's opinions freely with force
don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked
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Recent Examples of pipe up
Coach needs to pipe up and talk about what Ozzy said about him at the fight for supplies, where Coach competed with Q and Ozzy, his old archnemesis.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
The water is piped up to the data center for liquid cooling of the servers.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
So, say some small-time businessmen hire a truck through a dispatcher, the truck drives up to a field, and there, along the perimeter, a forklift crane pulls the pipe up from the sand.
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Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pipe up
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
The water is piped up to the data center for liquid cooling of the servers.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
So, say some small-time businessmen hire a truck through a dispatcher, the truck drives up to a field, and there, along the perimeter, a forklift crane pulls the pipe up from the sand.
—
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pipe up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe up
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Residents of the peninsula are often reluctant to speak out publicly given the control Russia enforces on the ground.
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The Kansas City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 99 spoke out against the shooting in a social media post after the Missouri State Highway Patrol released preliminary information about the incident.
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The shot sailed over the bar before England keeper Jordan Pickford shouted at his defenders, clearly displeased with the lack of resistance in their own half.
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Hundreds of people have gathered throughout the week to carry posters, shout slogans, and sing.
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Today, Sammy said her goal in sharing her story is to encourage people to speak up when someone appears to be in crisis.
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The affiliation between Aquarius and the Sklarian Raiders is immense because both will never stop speaking up to assert messages that upend the status quo.
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The first thing the mayor sounded off was on some of Wemby's clothing choices.
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From there on the two teams looked to find ways to generate offense but the bats were not sounding off.
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In its press release, Samsung talks up the AI capabilities of these chips—how local on-device AI processing demands more data to improve model context.
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Players and coaches are going out of their way to talk up AOC.
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The Padres, the team that put up a meme of Clayton Kershaw crying on the video board.
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Grown men hugged one another, and at least one started crying.
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TVs are everywhere, showing races from tracks around the country, and bettors gather around the screens to learn the fate of their wagers, not infrequently yelling at them in the many languages and accents of Queens.
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Court filings state commissioners discussed allegations that Newton yelled at people and was not in the office during hours employees were expected to be present and available.
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Once at the front of the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, Sayer fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, authorities said.
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After Emii’s killing, Bland stabbed and attempted to shoot herself but was unable to because of the extent of her injuries, Handfield said, after the voices in her head were giving her those commands.
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“Pipe up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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