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gets wind of

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

Meaning of get wind of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.
    • [T]he secret was still a secret, except that you had got wind of it.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter LI, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC

Questions about gets wind of

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

Words near gets wind of in the dictionary

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

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