Usually means: Release, let go, set free.
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  1. whistle down the wind: Wiktionary
  2. Whistle Down The Wind, Whistle Down the Wind (album), Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down the Wind (novel), Whistle Down the Wind: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Whistle Down the Wind: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. Whistle Down the Wind: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Whistle Down the Wind: Encyclopedia

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  1. Whistle Down the Wind: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (whistle down the wind)

verb:  (transitive) To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.
verb:  (transitive) To badmouth someone or something; to disparage.
verb:  To talk to no purpose.

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