way/direction the wind blows
Definition
› If a person tries to discover which way the wind blows/is blowing, they try to discover information about a situation, especially other people's opinions, before they take action: I think I'll see which way the wind is blowing before I vote at the board meeting.Expressions used to describe situations
(Definition of way/direction the wind blows from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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way noun (WANT)
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waylay verb
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ways and means idiom
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-ways suffix
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wayside noun
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