All blow the whistle on antonyms

verb blow the whistle on

• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• laud — to praise; extol.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
• sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
• applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
• thank — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
• flatter — to make flat.
• commend — If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
• permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
• commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• further — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• restart — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
• open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• keep on — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
• forge — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
• forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.