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wind
noun▶ a wind so sharp it cuts the whiskers right off your face
a cold, hard wind CANADA- [On the South Shore of Nova Scotia, sometimes] the wind is so sharp it cuts the whiskers right off your face. — Harry Bruce, Down Home, p. 108, 1988
▶ get in the wind
to run quickly; to depart US- I made up my mind when I crossed the street to get in the wind[.] — Henry Williamson, Hustler!, p. 132, 1965
- They each flashed a grin / then got in the wind / as fast as they could flee. — Lightnin’ Rod, Hustlers Convention, p. 73, 1973
▶ get the wind
to smoke marijuana UK, 1998- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
▶ get the wind up; have the wind up
to be nervous or scared UK, 1916- Yet the deepest doubts are coming not from the liberals who support this war, nor even from the liberals who don’t. Rather, America’s thinking right has the wind up. — The Guardian, 10 February 2003
- A sure sign that Blair has got the wind up is the appearance on TV of the Health Secretary Dr John Reid defending the Prime Minister’s position. — The Observer, 14 March 2004
▶ in the wind
free from prison US- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 107, 1992
▶ put the wind up
to make someone afraid UK, 1916- It is events like [anti-globalization protests in] Seattle that put the wind up governments[.] — The Guardian, 27 May 2000
▶ take someone’s wind
to kill someone US- — Paul Glover, Words from the House of the Dead, 1974
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