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against the wind

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Adv.1.against the wind - in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowingagainst the wind - in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
into the wind, upwind
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They stood clasped thus in the blind night, bracing each other against the wind, cheek to cheek and lip to ear, in the manner of two hulks lashed stem to stern together.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Margaret agreed, and they pursued their way against the wind, resisting it with laughing delight for about twenty minutes longer, when suddenly the clouds united over their heads, and a driving rain set full in their face.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
On turning they faced directly against the wind, and snow was beginning to fall.
Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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