get wind

• Ficar sabendo de algo, especialmente de informação secreta ou particular; tomar conhecimento de algo de maneira indireta.

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.

   Ficar sabendo

   • 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.