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whistle-blows

whistle-blows is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-blows

What is whistle-blows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whistle-blows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle-blow.

Words near whistle-blows in the dictionary

  1. whistle-blower
  2. whistle-blowers
  3. whistle-blowing
  4. whistle-blowings
  5. whistle-blown
  6. whistle-blows
  7. whistle-drunk
  8. whistle-pig
  9. whistle-pigs
  10. whistle-stop
  11. whistle-stopped

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