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gets wind

gets wind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get wind.

Meaning of get wind

Verb

get wind (third-person singular simple present gets wind, present participle getting wind, simple past got wind, past participle (UK) got wind or (US) gotten wind)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be divulged; to become common knowledge.
    • The story soon got wind.
    Synonyms:
    take wind

Questions about gets wind

What is gets wind the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets wind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get wind.

Words near gets wind in the dictionary

  1. gets wasted
  2. gets well
  3. gets wet
  4. gets what one asked for
  5. gets what's coming to one
  6. gets wind
  7. gets wind in one's jaws
  8. gets wind of
  9. gets wise
  10. gets with
  11. gets with child

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