Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, idiomatic)To be divulged; to become common knowledge.

    The story soon got wind.

More definitions
  • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Examples

21 sentences

  1. How did Tom get wind of the problem?

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  2. Tom can't run very far without getting winded.

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  3. He got wind of the matter.

    deEr hat von der Sache Wind bekommen.

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  4. They say we're going to get high winds.

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  5. You better hope your boss doesn't get wind of this.

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Forms

gets wind, getting wind, got wind, got wind
Base formget wind · to get wind
3rd person singulargets wind
Present participlegetting wind
Past simplegot wind
Past participlegot wind / gotten wind

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget wind
he, she, itgets wind

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot wind

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got wind
he, she, ithas got wind

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get wind

Synonyms

9 synonyms
take wind
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
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