blow the whistle in English

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          "text": "He blew the whistle on the corruption in the company."
        },
        {
          "text": "They were fired from their jobs after blowing the whistle on the poor management of money in the company."
        }
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        "If you blow the whistle on someone, you report them to the authorities about illegal or immoral things that they may have done."
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          "text": "The referee blew the whistle in the middle of the game after one of the players was fouled."
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        "If you blow the whistle, this means a game or match ends or that a referee is going to do something."
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  "word": "blow the whistle"
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    {
      "form": "blow the whistle",
      "raw_tags": [
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    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He blew the whistle on the corruption in the company."
        },
        {
          "text": "They were fired from their jobs after blowing the whistle on the poor management of money in the company."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you blow the whistle on someone, you report them to the authorities about illegal or immoral things that they may have done."
      ],
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        "idiom"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Sports"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The referee blew the whistle in the middle of the game after one of the players was fouled."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you blow the whistle, this means a game or match ends or that a referee is going to do something."
      ],
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        "sports"
      ]
    }
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"blow the whistle" meaning in English

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