"whistle past" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: whistles past [present, singular, third-person], whistling past [participle, present], whistled past [participle, past], whistled past [past]
Etymology: From whistle past the graveyard. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} whistle past (third-person singular simple present whistles past, present participle whistling past, simple past and past participle whistled past)
  1. (informal, transitive) To ignore or deny obvious facts; to continue despite problems. Tags: informal, transitive
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          "text": "The party can't keep whistling past these bad polling numbers.",
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