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whistle-blew

whistle-blew is the simple past of whistle-blow.

Meaning of whistle-blow

Verb

whistle-blow (third-person singular simple present whistle-blows, present participle whistle-blowing, simple past whistle-blew, past participle whistle-blown)

  1. (rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
    • It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.2002, Kipling D. Williams, Ostracism: The Power of Silence, →ISBN, page 201

Questions about whistle-blew

What is whistle-blew the simple past of?
Whistle-blew is the simple past of whistle-blow.

Words near whistle-blew in the dictionary

  1. whistle stop
  2. whistle up
  3. whistle walk
  4. whistle walks
  5. whistle-belly vengeance
  6. whistle-blew
  7. whistle-blow
  8. whistle-blower
  9. whistle-blowers
  10. whistle-blowing
  11. whistle-blowings

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