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Meaning of whistle-blow | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

rare

Examples

“It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.”
“Students who had whistle-blown in the past provided fewer reasons not to whistle-blow than other students.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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