gain the wind
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Verb
gain the wind (third-person singular simple present gains the wind, present participle gaining the wind, simple past and past participle gained the wind)
References
- “gain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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