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PIPE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become quiet or quieter
Example:
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Synonyms:
hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "pipe down" is one way to...):
change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)
Verb group:
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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