bend before (something)
bend before (something)
To be pushed by something, usually the wind. As soon as I hung the sheets on the clothesline, they bent before the wind.
See also: before, bend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bend before something
to bend under the pressure of moving air. The trees bent before the wind. Our roses bent gracefully before the breeze.
See also: before, bend
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bend before
- blow down
- go, run, etc. like the wind
- like the wind, go/run
- be whistling in the wind
- get/have the wind up
- have the wind up
- blow in
- blow in(to)
- blow into