Meaning: Stop talking or making noise. Be quiet.
"if you don't pipe down, we're turning this car around and going straight home!"
Origin:
On sailing ships signals were given to the crew by sounding the boatswain's pipe, a small whistle-like device. When the bosun "piped down" aboard ship, he blew the signal for the crew to retire from their tasks or formation and return belowdecks.
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