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gotten wind of

gotten wind of is the 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 gotten wind of

What is gotten wind of the past participle of?
Gotten wind of is the past participle of get wind of.

Words near gotten wind of in the dictionary

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

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