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whistled for

whistled for is the simple past and past participle of whistle for.

Meaning of whistle for

Verb

whistle for (third-person singular simple present whistles for, present participle whistling for, simple past and past participle whistled for)

  1. (idiomatic) To request or ask for with no chance of success.
    • If we wanted something we could whistle for it - but if the Australians wanted something you'd got to get it for them, or else.2009, Max Arthur, We Will Remember Them: Voices from the Aftermath of the Great War, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whistle, for.

Questions about whistled for

What is whistled for the simple past and past participle of?
Whistled for is the simple past and past participle of whistle for.

Words near whistled for in the dictionary

  1. whistleblown
  2. whistleblows
  3. whistled
  4. whistled Dixie
  5. whistled down the wind
  6. whistled for
  7. whistled in the dark
  8. whistled in the wind
  9. whistled past
  10. whistled past the graveyard
  11. whistled up

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