take wind

Meanings

verbtake wind (third-person singular simple present takes wind, present participle taking wind, simple past took wind, past participle taken wind)

present singular third person takes wind · participle present taking wind · past took wind · participle past taken wind

Synonym of get wind (“be divulged; become common knowledge”).
Synonyms: get wind

verbSynonym of get wind (“be divulged; become common knowledge”).

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