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into the wind

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Adv.1.into the windinto the wind - in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
against the wind, upwind


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I put the Reindeer about on the other tack, ran up under the lee of a junk, shivered the mainsail into the wind and lost headway, and forged past the stern of the junk so slowly and so near that one of the patrolmen stepped lightly aboard.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
She had nothing to do, then, but to cover herself with her shawl before going out into the wind and rain.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
In an instant I faced back, just in time to prevent the vessel from flying up into the wind, and very probably capsizing her.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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