pipe down

Definition of pipe downnext
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as in to settle (down)
to become still and orderly if you don't pipe down, we're turning this car around and going straight home!

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Recent Examples of pipe down This is then piped down to the Gulf where it is turned into liquid, frozen to [less than] minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit and then put into ships. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026 The more people tell them to pipe down, the more riled up Kizzi and Joe get. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026 The compressed air is then piped down to enormous sealed salt caverns thousands of feet below the Earth's surface for long-term storage. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 June 2025 At one point, crowd-surfers pulled pipes down from the ceiling. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pipe down
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Verb
  • Just in case things are finally cooling off a little, the restaurant will celebrate its grand opening this Friday.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 22 July 2026
  • If temperatures are especially hot or cold, warm or cool your car before loading the plant, and head straight home.
    Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • But within the cozy world of footballing governance, any dissent was mostly hushed—except in Norway.
    Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
  • That emphasis on feeling rather than just doing is what sets house hushing apart.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • As Colorado dries up in a historic drought, scofflaws violating water restrictions have sparked tension throughout the state’s largest metropolitan area, turning residential streets into checkerboards of virtue and vice.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 29 July 2026
  • The power is real, but without a swing change, the homers will dry up.
    Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Anyone asked by local or national media over the past few months if they’d been invited to the nuptials clammed up quickly.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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“Pipe down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20down. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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