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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower)..
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.
Use whistle-blow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whistle-blow means (rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower)..
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It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.
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