whistle up

verb

1. tr, adverb to call or summon (a person or animal) by whistling

Example Sentences

Finally, the undertaker reaches into his cloak and brings a whistle up to his lips.

From Literature

You can blow the whistle up the chain of command and to your agency’s inspector general, but you’re rarely permitted to go beyond that.

From Washington Post

Stern said: “You don’t create jobs for the 21st century by trying to whistle up jobs from the 19th century.”

From The Guardian

For some reason I was out back of our cabin, looking into the forest and still trying to whistle up them three pups that couldn’t help theyselfs and had flinched.

From Literature

Philip Hammond has been able to whistle up plenty of support from employers’ organisations which – unsurprisingly, perhaps – want as little disruption to business as usual as possible.

From The Guardian