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on the wind

on the wind prepositional phrase: as close as possible to the direction that the wind is blowing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. As close as possible to the direction that the wind is blowing.

Questions about on the wind

What does on the wind mean?
On the wind means as close as possible to the direction that the wind is blowing.
What part of speech is on the wind?
On the wind is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the wind in the dictionary

  1. on the water cart
  2. on the water wagon
  3. on the way
  4. on the way out
  5. on the whole
  6. on the wind
  7. on the wing
  8. on the wings of the wind
  9. on the wrong foot
  10. on the wrong side of history
  11. on the wrong side of the blanket

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