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break wind

Idioms  
  1. Expel intestinal gas, as in Beans always make him break wind. [Early 1500s]


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The solution: Hiring a man who can break wind on command to launch darts at Steve-O from a flatulence-powered dart gun.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2022

“One thing you learned was to never break wind going down the hatch,” Doug wrote.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2021

On Monday, Hingst gave details of the alleged bullying, saying Short would come into his small, windowless office several times a day and break wind.

From The Guardian Mar. 29, 2019

Yet Short would still enter Hingst’s small, windowless office a few times a day just to break wind, he said.

From Fox News Mar. 29, 2019

"My dogs would smell anything in them bushes. Be all over them before you could break wind, boy."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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