get wind

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get wind

verb gets wind · getting wind · got wind · gotten wind

dated, idiomatic, intransitive To be divulged; to become common knowledge. The story soon got wind.
Similar: take wind

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@misc{get_wind_2026,
  title = {get wind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20wind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}