pipe down
Stop the noise
Pipe down is an informal command to be quiet or stop making noise: Pipe down back there, I'm trying to concentrate.
The phrase likely comes from nautical use, where a boatswain's pipe signaled sailors to go below deck and settle in for the night.
Lacking in sound
be quiet · lower your voice · cool it · knock it off · enough · stop talking · zip it · can it
Lacking in sound
- softenMake less firm
- lowerReduce or move downward
- muteWithout voice or sound
- muffleDeaden or suppress sound
dampen · reduce · diminish · hush · subdue · moderate · dial back · decrease
Follow commands given
- complyFollow rules or requests
- submitPresent for consideration
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- conformBehave as expected
defer · fall in line · back off · relent · acquiesce · concede · follow orders · toe the line
quiet
Lacking in sound
shut up · be quiet · lower your voice · cool it · knock it off · enough · stop talking · zip it · can it · hold your tongue
quiet
Lacking in sound
muffle · dampen · reduce · diminish · hush · subdue · moderate · dial back · decrease
obey
Follow commands given
conform · defer · fall in line · back off · relent · acquiesce · concede · follow orders · toe the line · give in
- calmingcalm, soothe, relax, pacify, ease
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
- Nautical Idiomsall hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat, rock the boat
- hush commandsshh, shhh, ssh, hush up, be silent
- silence commandshush, shh, shush, be quiet, quiet
- scoldingscold, scolding, rebuke, berate, reprimand
pipe downspeak up
Talk louder or opine
raise your voice · turn up the volume · crank it up · shout · yell
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