Whistle-blow

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower). rare

    "It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate."

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"It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate."

Etymology

Back-formation from whistleblowing or whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.

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