get wind

verb

To be divulged; to become common knowledge.

“The story soon got wind.”

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Meanings

verbget wind (third-person singular simple present gets wind, present participle getting wind, simple past got wind, past participle (UK) got wind or (US) gotten wind)

present singular third person gets wind · participle present getting wind · past got wind · UK participle past got wind · US participle past gotten wind

  1. datedidiomaticintransitiveTo be divulged; to become common knowledge.

    The story soon got wind.

    1 more example

    The Algonquins held a council and resolved to appease the spirit of the net by marrying him to two such very young girls that he could have no complaint on that score for the future. They did so, and the fishing turned out all that could be wished. The thing got wind among their neighbors the Hurons, and they adopted the custom.

    1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 147

    Synonyms: take wind

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be divulged; to become common knowledge.

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More synonyms by meaning

verbget to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

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APA

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MLA

“get wind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20wind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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