Please pipe down while I am on this call.
pipe down
idiomTo be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
Origin
disputed originThe sex sense is related to lay the pipe.
The teacher asked the students to pipe down so the class could begin the exam.
After the crowd refused to pipe down, the speaker waited patiently for the room to return to a state of order.
- 01
pipe dream
A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
- 02
pipe in
To interrupt a conversation with a comment.
- 03
pipe the eye
To weep.
- 04
put that in your pipe and smoke it
Used after stating something surprising or undesired, in order to emphasize its truth.