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follow the wind

follow the wind verb: to choose what one does based on current circumstances rather than sticking to a plan or fixed set of principles.

Verb

follow the wind (third-person singular simple present follows the wind, present participle following the wind, simple past and past participle followed the wind)

  1. To choose what one does based on current circumstances rather than sticking to a plan or fixed set of principles.
    • Lucien wrote to Joseph: in a Revolution, it is essential to hew to a line, not "follow the wind" or "suddenly change sides."2004, Steven Englund, Napoleon: A Political Life, →ISBN, page 52
    • For inherent in our legacy is a commitment to Follow the Wind, scanning the horizons, reading the signs of the times, listening to the voice of the Spirit even as we continue to be nourished deeply by the Word.2010, Steven M. Studebaker, Pentecostalism and Globalization, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see follow, wind.
    • Thus, short-term fluctuations in ice drift will tend to follow the wind, while longer-term variations can be more strongly affected by ice interaction.2012, Yvonne Herman, The Arctic Seas: Climatology, Oceanography, Geology, and Biology, →ISBN

Forms of follow the wind

third-person singular presentfollows the wind
present participlefollowing the wind
past participlefollowed the wind
pastfollowed the wind

Questions about follow the wind

What does follow the wind mean?
Follow the wind means to choose what one does based on current circumstances rather than sticking to a plan or fixed set of principles.
What part of speech is follow the wind?
Follow the wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of follow the wind?
The past tense of follow the wind is followed the wind.

Words near follow the wind in the dictionary

  1. follow the hounds
  2. follow the lady
  3. follow the leader
  4. follow the money
  5. follow the sun
  6. follow the wind
  7. follow through
  8. follow to the grave
  9. follow up
  10. follow up on
  11. follow'd

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