Meaning of in the wind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Impending or in the offing; imminent.
   idiomatic
2. At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“There is something in the wind, that we cannot get in.”

“There's trouble in the wind, my boys.”

“A grand strategic bargain between Russia and the US could be in the wind, after years of deteriorating relations.”

“In this period, road building continued unabated, but change was in the wind as the UK government recognised it had to make more use of the rail network and increase investment on a scale that it could not afford, and which would require private sector participation.”

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