get wind of

Definitions

1. 1

   To hear about

   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.
   • "It's no easy matter," said Inspector Weymouth, "to patrol the vicinity of John Ki's Joy-Shop without their getting wind of it."
   • He asks that I don't identify his name and profession, saying he doesn't want colleagues to get wind of his habits.

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