get wind

• Enterarse de algo, especialmente de información secreta o privada; llegar a conocer algo de manera indirecta.

To hear about something, especially secret or private information; to become aware of something indirectly.

1. Learn about something secretlyB2informal

   To hear about something, especially something that was meant to be secret.

   enterarse de algo en secreto

   • The journalists got wind of the scandal before it was announced.
   • If the boss gets wind of our plan, we'll be in trouble.
   • She got wind of the surprise party and pretended not to know.