Usually means: Signal or call by whistling.
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  1. whistle for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. whistle for: Collins English Dictionary
  3. whistle for: Wiktionary
  4. whistle for: Dictionary.com
  5. whistle for: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. whistle for: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (whistle for)

verb:  (idiomatic) To request or ask for with no chance of success.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whistle, for.

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