Usually means: Riskily approach limits of acceptability.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. sail close to the wind: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sail close to the wind: Merriam-Webster
  3. sail close to the wind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sail close to the wind: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sail close to the wind: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sail close to the wind: Wiktionary
  7. sail close to the wind: Dictionary.com
  8. sail close to the wind: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sail close to the wind: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sail close to the wind: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sail close to the wind: Medical dictionary

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  1. sail close to the wind: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sail close to the wind: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (sail close to the wind)

verb:  (nautical) To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, while still making headway.
verb:  (figurative) To behave in a manner that is on the verge of being dangerous, illegal, or improper.

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