whistle in the dark (English, verb)
expansion: whistle in the dark (third-person singular simple present whistles in the dark, present participle whistling in the dark, simple past and past participle whistled in the dark)
Senses:
glosses: To make a show of bravery despite one's fears; to put on a brave face.
tags: colloquial
glosses: To speak of something despite having little knowledge of it.
tags: US
idiomatic
Forms:
form: whistles in the dark
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whistling in the dark
tags: participle
present
form: whistled in the dark
tags: participle
past
form: whistled in the dark
tags: past