pipe down
Example Sentences
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Leaders cannot just tell their number two to pipe down, because they are voted in by party members.
From BBC
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
The same rocket that killed the others had brought a heavy pipe down on his own leg, smashing his left knee.
From BBC
Trump piped down and stayed in court, then held a news conference where he deplored the “nasty judge.”
From Seattle Times
The conversation escalated and Storm asked if she was going to go to jail if she didn’t pipe down, arguing that she was doing “what the Lord is telling me to do.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.