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pipe up

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner. 2 (context intransitive English) To being singing or playing musical notes on a pipe or similar wind instrument. 3 (context intransitive of wind, etc. English) To begin to blow more vigorously. 4 (context transitive rare English) To call, awaken, or summon, as with a musical instrument.

WordNet
pipe up
  1. v. begin to play or sing

  2. utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe]

Usage examples of "pipe up".

Since piping is one of our thoughtless habits, one might think that people would pipe up in Josephine's audience too.

You signed your name - or at least half of it on the pipe up there.

The first time he tried to blow glass, his breath had hitched, hed jerked the pipe up, and a fleck of red-hot glass rolled on to his tongue.

Tris sat on a bench to watch as Keth collected his gather and brought the pipe up.

They bound the pipe up against the hull and took the CARM back to Citizens Tree.