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单词 in wind
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in wind
20. in wind (figurative from 11d) ready or fit for action of some kind. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > for action or work
to be in the saddle1581
ball, bullet in (en) bouche1582
bullet in mouth1692
in wind1768
on deck1867
1768 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 356 The shops are all as fine as if they expected you, and the people belonging to them all in wind to answer your questions.
1777 E. Burke Let. to Sheriffs Bristol 53 In order to keep power in wind, it was necessary..to exert it in those very points in which it was most likely to be resisted.
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