get wind of
Learn of; hear a rumor about. For example, “If my old aunt gets wind of it, she'll cut me off with a shilling” (William Makepeace Thackeray, in Paris Sketch Book, 1840). This expression alludes to an animal perceiving a scent carried by the wind. [First half of 1800s]
Words nearby get wind of
get up one's nerve,
get up steam,
get used to,
get well,
get what's coming to one,
get wind of,
get wise to,
get with it,
get-at-able,
get-go,
get-out