Comments on: Get wind of https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-wind-of/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:12:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-wind-of/#comment-4469 Thu, 04 May 2023 20:34:11 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=16407#comment-4469 In reply to Cemre.

Great example. A property’s price is usually a selling price; you might mean rent. If so, you can say, “They quickly raised the rent at their properties.” Also, instead of “got wind of this” you can say, “got wind of the plans”

]]> By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-wind-of/#comment-4460 Mon, 01 May 2023 08:27:10 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=16407#comment-4460 Just before the government announced a construction plan for the citycenter, landlors got wind of this and they quickly raised their properties’ price.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-wind-of/#comment-4357 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:36:28 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=16407#comment-4357 In reply to Claudio.

Great example

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-wind-of/#comment-4351 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:57:00 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=16407#comment-4351 Big projects need bank loans and sometimes the bank gets wind of information and denies the loan.

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