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get wind of

Idioms  
  1. Learn of; hear a rumor about. For example, “If my old aunt gets wind of it, she'll cut me off with a shilling” (William Makepeace Thackeray, in Paris Sketch Book, 1840). This expression alludes to an animal perceiving a scent carried by the wind. [First half of 1800s]


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It was the one point the SBU worried most that the FSB might get wind of the operation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

Investors use them to shadow chief executives to get wind of corporate mergers.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2022

How did you get wind of the show?

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2020

But a dishonest former IRS agent and a thuggish Bahamian customs official get wind of it and hope to trick Doc into revealing the location of the rest of the treasure.

From Washington Times Feb. 12, 2020

Thinking that I could be jailed for such behaviour if the police were ever to get wind of it did not prevent me from being spontaneous.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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