get wind of

[get wind of] {v. phr.}

To get news of; hear rumors about; find out about.

* /The police got wind of the plans to rob the bank./

* /The captain didn't want the sailors to get wind of where the ship was going./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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