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Verb: pipe down  pIp dawn
Usage: informal
  1. Become quiet or quieter
    "The crowd piped down as the speaker approached the podium";
    - quieten [Brit], hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down

Derived forms: piping down, pipes down, piped down

Type of: change intensity

Antonym: louden

Encyclopedia: Pipe down