pipe down

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Recent Examples of pipe down 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 A couple of locals showed up at our campsite telling us to pipe down, this treasure was too good to share. Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 Longer-term, the FAA is also planning to build a new radar system in Philadelphia, so that controllers there won’t have to rely on the signal piped down from New York anymore. Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 Yes and became yes and no, much like a musical conductor tells the strings and woodwinds to play louder and the brass to pipe down. Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025 The freshwater was coming from a sewage-treatment pipe down below. Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 Respect for other viewers means piping down. Joel Mathis, theweek, 4 Dec. 2024 The Vidalia fans will need to pipe down once and for all. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe down
Verb
  • All four sides of the building are covered by a pattern of interlocking trapezoidal pieces that serve as a sunscreen, cooling the interior.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • How the system works Conventional air conditioners rely on vapor-compression refrigeration that cools and dehumidifies air at the same time, a coupling that often forces overcooling and reheating to maintain comfort.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The top itself is an eight-layer cloth construction that satisfyingly hushes the cabin when raised.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In her first solo, Dayhuff hushed her sound over the course of the solo; the others onstage followed her.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, after the Biden administration tapped into shell stockpiles to send to Ukraine, this source has dried up, too.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Amu Darya was a primary source of water for the Aral Sea, which has largely dried up due to the diversion of its two main rivers (the Amu Darya and Syr Darya) to irrigate Soviet-era cotton fields.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, after Austin Jackson sustained his season-ending knee injury in early November in Miami’s loss to the Bills , the Dolphins run game clammed up.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
  • Although that doesn’t account for those opposite behaviors (e.g., clamming up).
    Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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“Pipe down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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