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getting wind of

getting wind of is the present participle and gerund 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 getting wind of

What is getting wind of the present participle and gerund of?
Getting wind of is the present participle and gerund of get wind of.

Words near getting wind of in the dictionary

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

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