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whistle for

To ask for with no chance of success.
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If we wanted something we could whistle for it - but if the Australians wanted something you'd got to get it for them, or else.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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whistle forUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see whistle,‎ for.
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