Pipe Down (Verb)
Meaning
Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The audience was told to pipe down by the librarian so they wouldn't disturb the other students studying.
- Pipe down, the baby is trying to take a nap in the other room and we don't want to wake her up.
- When the principal walked into the cafeteria, the students were asked to pipe down and return to their seats.
- The teacher asked the class to pipe down for a minute while she tried to get the attention of the student who was daydreaming out the window.
- The parents asked their kids to pipe down and quit arguing in the backseat so they could concentrate on driving.