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Definition

Impending or in the offing; imminent.

At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location.

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In Context

  • "There is something in the wind, that we cannot get in."
  • "There's trouble in the wind, my boys."
  • "A grand strategic bargain between Russia and the US could be in the wind, after years of deteriorating relations."
  • "In this period, road building continued unabated, but change was in the wind as the UK government recognised it had to make more use of the rail network and increase investment on a scale that it could not afford, and which would require private sector participation."
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Related Idioms

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in the wake of

Following.

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in the red

Having net losses; in debt.

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in the buff

Nude.

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in the nick of time

At the last possible moment; at the last minute.

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in Dutch

In trouble or in disfavor.

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in two shakes of a lamb's tail

Synonym of in two shakes.
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