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- adjective Used other than as an idiom: see
close to ,the ,wind . - adjective Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
- adverb Used other than as an idiom: see
close to ,the ,wind . - adverb Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
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- adverb nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming
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