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got wind

got wind is the simple past and past participle 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 got wind

What is got wind the simple past and past participle of?
Got wind is the simple past and past participle of get wind.

Words near got wind in the dictionary

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

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