"whistle up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: whistles up [present, singular, third-person], whistling up [participle, present], whistled up [participle, past], whistled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} whistle up (third-person singular simple present whistles up, present participle whistling up, simple past and past participle whistled up)
  1. (transitive) To gather (especially people or dogs) together, calling them by whistling. Tags: transitive
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