In a direction almost opposite to that from which the wind is blowing
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Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'close to the wind':
| close to the wind | Used other than as an idiom: see close to, the, wind. |
| close to the wind | Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality. |
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