BEFORE THE WIND Definition & Meaning

before the wind

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Driven ahead, hurried, as in The bikers are moving before the wind, so it's hard to tell who will come in first . The literal meaning of this term is nautical, referring to a ship sailing in the same direction as the wind and being propelled forward. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1800s.

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Or that few questioned her Ghana trip when she left on Saturday, before the wind warnings turned completely dire.

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Firefighters on the Cherokee National Forest, which spans 10 counties along the Tennessee border, are securing containment lines on existing fires before the wind event, the U.S.

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Open qualifying, posted his 68 in the morning before the wind and the temperatures picked up.

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The downdraft arrived, that eerie second before a big storm hits, just before the wind swoops through and brings in the hard rain.

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On a good day, even a distance runner’s legs wobble and fail long before the wind does.

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