Idiom
get wind
Meaning
To be divulged; to become public.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I hope the boss does not get wind of our mistake.”
“The company kept the merger secret until the press got wind of the deal.”
“Once the rival corporation got wind of the new product specifications, they immediately adjusted their own marketing strategy to compete.”
Examples
simple
“I hope the boss does not get wind of our mistake.”
contextual
“The company kept the merger secret until the press got wind of the deal.”
complex
“Once the rival corporation got wind of the new product specifications, they immediately adjusted their own marketing strategy to compete.”
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