Pipe Down Meaning & Sentence Examples

Pipe Down Definition, Sentence Examples

PIPE DOWN MEANING – Find out what pipe down really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

The idiom is derived from the navy when piping down the hammocks on retirement day served as the cue. The first recorded use of the phrase was in “Gillespie’s Advice to Commanders & Officers” in 1798.

The phrase “please be quiet” has its origins in the captains’ practice of ordering the crew to speak into the deck space in order to maintain calm. The 1850 publication “The Gettysburg Star And Banner” is credited with coining the phrase with this meaning.

Pipe Down Meaning:

to lower it by one or more notches from the current level
to request that silence be observed
to quiet down

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Here are examples of sentences that use pipe down:

Dina has piped her business down by several notches after she had her second baby.
The theme needs to be piped down because this is a birthday party, not a Halloween one.
Dad asked if you can pipe down the speakers.
Will you please pipe down, you two? I’m trying to sleep!

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