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Meaning of get wind | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To be divulged; to become public.

dated, idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

Suomi saada vihiä

Examples

“The story soon got wind.”
“The Algonquins held a council and resolved to appease the spirit of the net by marrying him to two such very young girls that he could have no complaint on that score for the future. They did so, and the fishing turned out all that could be wished. The thing got wind among their neighbors the Hurons, and they adopted the custom.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

get wind in one's jaws get wind of get wise get with get with child get with it

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