get wind of

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get wind of

verb gets wind of · getting wind of · got wind of · gotten wind of · catch wind of

idiomatic, transitive To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret. [T]he secret was still a secret, except that you had got wind of it.

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verb To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been confidential

日本語	嗅ぎ付ける kagitsukeru, 聞きこむ kikikomu
中文	風聞 /风闻 fēngwén
Français	avoir vent de
Deutsch	von etwas Wind bekommen
Ελληνικά	παίρνω χαμπάρι paírno champári, παίρνω είδηση paírno eídisi
Русский	проню́хивать pronjúxivatʹ, проню́хать pronjúxatʹ, чу́ять čújatʹ, почу́ять počújatʹ

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@misc{get_wind_of_2026,
  title = {get wind of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20wind%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}