pipe down
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
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
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
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
