pipe down

phrasal-verb
UK: /ˌpaɪp ˈdaʊn/
US: /ˌpaɪp ˈdaʊn/

  1. To stop talking or making noise; to be quiet.

    1. Please pipe down, I'm trying to concentrate.
    2. The teacher told the students to pipe down during the exam or face consequences.

Synonyms

hush quieten shut up
pipe down idiom

  1. To tell someone to be quiet.

    1. Pipe down, you!
    2. The librarian had to pipe down the noisy group of students who were disrupting others.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "pipe down" is /ˌpaɪp ˈdaʊn/ in British English and /ˌpaɪp ˈdaʊn/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "pipe down": hush, quieten, shut up.

Example usage of "pipe down": "Please pipe down, I'm trying to concentrate.". More examples on the page.