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#130 - TO Pipe UP

A Phrasal Verb a Day - Learn English Phrasal Verbs with Luke Thompson

Nov 20, 201503:13Education

= to start talking suddenly, to interrupt, to speak after a period of being silent "I asked the class a question and everyone was silent for a moment before Anna piped up and gave me the answer." This quote from theage.a...

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