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Meaning of whistle for | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To request or ask for with no chance of success.
idiomatic
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whistle, for.

Equivalents

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Examples

“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.”

“She could whistle for it now; she wouldn't get a penny from him even if she crawled on all fours.”

“And if it was milk I was after from that environment I could clearly whistle for it.”

“And as for ceilings, you can whistle for them. I have lived in this house for six years and it hasn't hurt me.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

whistle in the dark whistle in the wind whistle past whistle past the graveyard whistle up whistle-blew