whistle past

English

Etymology

From whistle past the graveyard.

Verb

whistle past (third-person singular simple present whistles past, present participle whistling past, simple past and past participle whistled past)

  1. (informal, transitive) To ignore or deny obvious facts; to continue despite problems.
    The party can't keep whistling past these bad polling numbers.
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