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got wind of

got wind of is the simple past and past participle 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 got wind of

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

Words near got wind of in the dictionary

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

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