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  1. blow the whistleverb

    To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.

  2. blow the whistleverb

    To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.

  3. Etymology: When used idiomatically, probably an allusion to a police officer blowing his or her whistle on observing a violation of the law.

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  1. Blow the Whistle

    Blow the Whistle is the thirteenth studio album and 16th overall album by Oakland rapper Too Short. It was released on August 29, 2006. It features artists such as Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Tha Dogg Pound, will.i.am, Mistah F.A.B. and David Banner. It features music production by Lil Jon, Jazze Pha and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Two singles were released for the album, "Blow the Whistle" and "Keep Bouncin'". Although the album contains radio friendly songs a mass majority of the songs are about hardcore sex. In the first track "Call Her A Bitch", the word bitch is used 74 times.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blow the whistle in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blow the whistle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of blow the whistle in a Sentence

  1. Van Buren:

    [ These revisions ] are important in what they do to employees, particularly potential whistleblowers, before they have spoken, the real key here is anyone who is sitting here waiting out a decision to blow the whistle is going to see this and say, I don’t have a freaking chance.

  2. Jamie Henn:

    Now that he’s called TransCanada for delay of game, it's time for President Obama to blow the whistle and end this pipeline once and for all.

  3. Adam Schiff:

    But for the courage of someone willing to blow the whistle, he would have gotten away with it, instead, he got caught. He tried to cheat, and he got caught.

  4. Jamie Henn:

    Now that he's called TransCanada for delay of game, it's time for President Obama to blow the whistle and end this pipeline once and for all.

  5. Mark Fitzpatrick:

    Once the monitors see something suspicious, they're going to blow the whistle.


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