pipe down
Example Sentences
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It was also attended by consultant microbiologist Dr Christine Peters, a whistleblower who says she had been flagging concerns about the hospital buildings since 2014 but was advised to "pipe down".
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Payton walked over to the boo birds and told them to pipe down and to be respectful around the young quarterback’s family.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025
On Thursday night, Green motioned to the TD Garden crowd to pipe down, informing the Boston Celtics’ fans that their team’s third-quarter run would not be enough to stop the Warriors’ era.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022
Bongino, instead of replying with statistics or facts, instead told Rivera to "take a Valium" and "pipe down."
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2021
Which provoked Jerry G., who was constantly having to turn half-around and bark “Shhh!” or order them, in his puritanical Okie voice, to “please pipe down back there, will you?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
