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sail close to the wind

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[sail close to the wind] {v. phr.}

To be on the borderline between legality and illegality.

* /The wealthy tycoon sailed close to the wind during Prohibition./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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