blow the whistle on
Definition
› to bring something to the attention of other people in order to stop something bad from happening: The company stopped using certain chemicals only after some workers blew the whistle on it.
(Definition of blow the whistle on from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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blow off something/someone phrasal verb
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blow off steam idiom
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blow over phrasal verb
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blow something out of proportion idiom
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blow the lid off something idiom
- blow the whistle on idiom
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blow up phrasal verb BECOME ANGRY
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blow up something phrasal verb INCREASE SIZE
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blow v DESTROY
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blow v MAKE AIR CURRENT
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