close to the wind Idiom, Proverb
Sail close to the wind
If you sail close to the wind, you take risks to do something, going close to the limit of what is allowed or acceptable.sail close to the wind|sail|wind
v. phr. To be on the borderline between legality and illegality. The wealthy tycoon sailed close to the wind during Prohibition.close to the wind
Into the administration that the wind is advancing from. A abyssal phrase. We should be sailing abutting to the wind in altitude like this.Learn more: close, windclose to the wind
Nautical As abutting as accessible to the administration from which the wind is blowing.Learn more: close, windclose to the wind
Nautical At a abutting bend into the administration from which the wind is blowing: sailing abutting to the wind.Learn more: close, wind
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