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GET WIND

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Example:

I see that you have been promoted

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

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