What does pipe down mean?

pipe down means "become quiet or quieter".

What is another word for pipe down?

Close synonyms include quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pipe down a common word?

pipe down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Pipe down — meaning, 5 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
become quiet or quieter
“The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”
Synonymsquieten hush quiet quiesce quiet down
Broaderchange intensity

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What does pipe down mean?: pipe down means "become quiet or quieter".

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