Usually means: Learn about something indirectly, secretly.
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  1. get wind of: Merriam-Webster
  2. get wind of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get wind of: Wiktionary
  4. get wind of: Dictionary.com
  5. get wind of: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. get wind of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get wind of)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.

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