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whistle up en · VERB
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(transitive) To gather (especially people or dogs) together, calling them by whistling.
He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.
1715 March 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Friday, March 5. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
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