blow the whistle on Idioma
blow the whistle on
to inform on
blow the whistle on|blow|whistle
v. phr.,
slang 1. To inform against; betray.
The police caught one of the bank robbers, and he blew the whistle on two more. 2. To act against, stop, or tell people the secrets of (crime or lawlessness).
The mayor blew the whistle on gambling. The police blew the whistle on hot reading.blow the blare (on) (someone or something)
To betrayal or address article atrocious or deceptive. That company's banal amount plummeted afterwards the media blew the blare on the CEO's abstraction scandal. If you accumulate advancing in late, I'm action to accept to draft the blare and address you to the administration head.Learn more: blow, whistleblow the blare on
1. Expose bribery or added wrongdoing, as in The President's accent blew the blare on the opposition's aperture information. [Colloquial; 1930s]
2. Put a stop to, as in The anthology absitively to draft the blare on new vanity plates. The appellation originally alluded to catastrophe an action (such as branch work) with the bang of a whistle. [Late 1800s] Learn more: blow, on, whistleblow the blare on
accompany an adulterous action to and end by allegorical on the being responsible. informal This argot comes from football, in which the adjudicator assault a blare to announce that a amateur has burst the rules. Those who acquaint on others affianced in an adulterous action are now referred to as whistle-blowers .Learn more: blow, on, whistle
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