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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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2
as in to quiet (down)
to stop talking
"Pipe down or I'll cancel recess!" the teacher commanded
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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.
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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
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
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Therefore, travelers may want to plan activities for cooler days or pack a cooling vest.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Eggshells in this group tend to be relatively porous for dinosaur eggs, and that feature could offer clues about this ancient ecosystem during the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago), when Earth was already starting to cool down.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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This was a somber visit, and the group was reverent, hushed.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Ehle and Alex Sarrigeorgiou shine in Jaclyn Bethany’s hushed yet deeply felt drama of art and desire.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Macs running 2023's macOS 14 Sonoma get one more year of Safari and security updates; 2024's macOS 15 Sequoia gets two more years; and Tahoe's security updates will dry up in mid to late 2028.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, the weather finally took a turn for the better, as the winds died down and the playa dried up.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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