"whistle for" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-whistle for.ogg [Australia] Forms: whistles for [present, singular, third-person], whistling for [participle, present], whistled for [participle, past], whistled for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} whistle for (third-person singular simple present whistles for, present participle whistling for, simple past and past participle whistled for)
  1. (idiomatic) To ask for with no chance of success. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): kysellä turhaan (Finnish), pouvoir toujours courir (French)
    Sense id: en-whistle_for-en-verb-QK7M2Y8Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (for) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (for): 83 17 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whistle, for.
    Sense id: en-whistle_for-en-verb-DANwPCHy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whistle for meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

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          "ref": "1973, Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing, page 96",
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