whistle up

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To gather (especially people or dogs) together, calling them by whistling.
   • 1715 March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Saturday, March 5. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:

     He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.