Definitions from Wiktionary (close to the wind)
▸ adjective: (figurative) Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
▸ adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close to, the, wind.
▸ adverb: (nautical) In a direction almost opposite to that from which the wind is blowing.
▸ adverb: (figurative) Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
▸ adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close to, the, wind.
sail close to the wind,
sailed close to the wind,
sailing close to the wind,
sails close to the wind,
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▸ adjective: (figurative) Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
▸ adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close to, the, wind.
▸ adverb: (nautical) In a direction almost opposite to that from which the wind is blowing.
▸ adverb: (figurative) Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
▸ adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close to, the, wind.
Similar:
high,
windwise,
closeish,
near,
windward,
near as a toucher,
head to wind,
following,
close-hauled,
closehanded,
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