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whistles for

whistles for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 whistles for

What is whistles for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whistles for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle for.

Words near whistles for in the dictionary

  1. Whistlerism
  2. whistlers
  3. whistles
  4. whistles Dixie
  5. whistles down the wind
  6. whistles for
  7. whistles in the dark
  8. whistles in the wind
  9. whistles past
  10. whistles past the graveyard
  11. whistles up

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