You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for October 30.

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Today’s word is wind, spelled w-i-n-d.

wind /wɪnd/ noun

get wind of phrase

informal to hear or find out about something secret or private

When I got wind of the open position, I did not waste one minute before applying.

You’d better hope the press doesn’t get wind of this.

take the wind out of someone's sails idiom

to cause someone to lose confidence or energy

Last night's defeat has taken some of the wind out of the team's sails.

The team's star player was injured and it really took the wind out of their sails.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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