Значение слова "BLOW THE WHISTLE" найдено в 3 источниках

BLOW THE WHISTLE

найдено в "Financial and business terms"
blow the whistle: translation

blow the whistle (on sb/sth)
to tell someone in authority about something harmful or illegal that someone is doing: »

If two of the firm's employees hadn't blown the whistle, the scandal would never have become known.

Main Entry: ↑blow


найдено в "Moby Thesaurus"
blow the whistle: translation

Synonyms and related words:
arrest, bear witness against, betray, blab, block, brake, bring to, bring up short, call a halt, check, checkmate, cut short, dam, deadlock, draw rein, fink, freeze, halt, have had it, inform against, inform on, lose patience, narc, peach, pull up, put paid to, rat, sell out, snitch, snitch on, squeal, stalemate, stall, stay, stem, stem the tide, stool, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, tattle, tell on, testify against, turn informer


найдено в "Англо-русском сленговом словаре"
on v. 1. "стучать", "капать", "закладывать": Le Pechen caught one guy who then blew the whistle on all the rest. - Ле Пешен задержал парня, который затем сдал, как посуду, всю свою банду; 2. запрещать, "делать в падлу": They blew Ле whistle on gambling. - Азартные игры были запрещены.
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