get wind of

phrase

: to become aware of

got wind of our plans for the party

Examples of get wind of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In South Los Angeles, a group called Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles got wind of a solid waste incinerator project called LANCER, took on civic and industry forces and strategized and worked and got the city to cancel its plans. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

From a chemist’s first search to the perfumer’s modification exploration, there are years and millions of dollars of research before the customer gets wind of anything happening. — Arabelle Sicardi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Chmerkovskiy quickly took down the offending TikTok, but not before fan screenshots proliferated and Inaba got wind of it. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Pro-trans activists seemingly got wind of the rally and attempted to shout down at those in support of Cunningham. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for get wind of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove