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whistled past

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

Meaning of whistle past

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To ignore or deny obvious facts; to continue despite problems.
    • The party can't keep whistling past these bad polling numbers.

Questions about whistled past

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

Words near whistled past in the dictionary

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

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