Synonyms for blow the whistle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hwis-uh l, wis- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs- |
Définition of blow the whistle
Origin :- "tubular musical instrument," Old English hwistle (see whistle (v.)). To wet one's whistle "take a drink" (late 14c.) originally may have referred to pipes, or be an allusion to the throat as a sort of pipe. Phrase clean as a whistle is recorded from 1878. Railroad whistle stop (at which trains stop only if the engineer hears a signal from the station) is recorded from 1934.
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