get wind

Questions about get wind

What does get wind mean?

get wind means "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally".

What is another word for get wind?

Close synonyms include learn, hear, get word, pick up, find out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get wind a common word?

get wind is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.