All blow the whistle on synonyms

verb blow the whistle on

• criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
• peg — a female given name, form of Peggy.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
• denunciate — to condemn; denounce
• lay to — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
• stick it to — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
• turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• point the finger at — to accuse or blame
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• draw up — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• pull up — the act of pulling or drawing.
• call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
• close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
• come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
• cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.