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Definition of whistle-stop adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whistle-stop

adjective
 
/ˈwɪsl stɒp/
 
/ˈwɪsl stɑːp/
[only before noun]
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  1. visiting a lot of different places in a very short time
    • to go on a whistle-stop tour of Europe
    • politicians on a whistle-stop election campaign
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWhistle-stop is used with these nouns:
    • tour
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