“wind out”

The following 2 entries include the term wind out.

knock the wind out of (someone)

idiom

: to knock the air out of a person's lungs and make him or her unable to breathe normally for a brief time

take the wind out of someone's sails

idiom

: to cause someone to lose confidence or energy


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