whistle blow in English

Forms: whistle blows [present, singular, third-person], whistle blowing [participle, present], whistle blew [past], whistle blown [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Back-formation from whistle blower. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|whistle blower}} Back-formation from whistle blower Head templates: {{en-verb|whistle blow<,,blew,blown>}} whistle blow (third-person singular simple present whistle blows, present participle whistle blowing, simple past whistle blew, past participle whistle blown)

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"whistle blow" meaning in English

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