GET WIND

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does get wind mean? 

• GET WIND (verb)
  The verb GET WIND has 1 sense:

1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

  Familiarity information: GET WIND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET WIND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

discover; find out; get a line; get wind; get word; hear; learn; pick up; see

Context example:

I see that you have been promoted

Verb group:

find; see; witness (perceive or be contemporaneous with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get wind"):

get the goods (discover some bad or hidden information about)

wise up (get wise to)

catch; trip up (detect a blunder or misstep)

ascertain (learn or discover with certainty)

discover; find (make a discovery)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I was filled with anxiety about Lucy, not only for her health, lest she should suffer from the exposure, but for her reputation in case the story should get wind.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)