pipe down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Another microbiologist and senior doctor, Christine Peters, said she was advised by a senior colleague to "pipe down" or she would find things "hard" professionally.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
Politico's Rachel Bade caught a rare break in McCarthy's otherwise stony facade when he "visibly shushed his members to pipe down."
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023
There are flies out there who are saying to one another: “Can’t she just pipe down for five freakin’ minutes and let us enjoy the ointment?”
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020
So when he heard that Rizzo had told his teammates to pipe down, Kintzler worried a misconception had ended his Nationals tenure.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2018
Sometimes I have to slip off my thongs to throw at them before they’ll pipe down.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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