into the wind
10
3.9
- idiom
:
contra el viento
- As the storm approached, we had no choice but to head into the wind to avoid capsizing.
- head into the wind
- face into the wind
- lean into the wind
But the discus actually famously goes farther into the wind than than with the wind.
- But the discus actually famously goes farther into the wind than than with the wind.
- Oh, but if you take a boat and drive it into the wind, it makes the wind much harder.
- Sometimes it's hard for me to put my kite into the wind, you know, and trust the breeze.
- So as we go out, there was a lot of swirls, you know, rains when and every time there's a swirl come in, we would face the canoe right into the wind.
Examples
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The pilot instructed the crew to fly into the wind during takeoff for better lift.
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They're sailing into the wind by tacking back and forth on this zigzag course.
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Keep driving into the wind!
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It's turning into the wind.
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Knowing birds take off into the wind allows you to position yourself better.
Academic text (2006) -
But she had rolled down the window and was hanging her head out into the wind.
Fiction book (2002) -
They're turning into the wind, preparing to launch.
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Steer into the wind.
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The sailor adjusted the sails to navigate into the wind for a smoother ride.
Synonyms
7
3.7
Moving toward where the wind comes from
1
3.5
In the direction the wind comes from
Toward the direction the wind comes from
In the direction the wind is blowing
How Upwind
10
3.9
7
3.7
1
4.2
- Specialized
6
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the spatial preposition 'into' (movement toward) with 'the wind' (moving air), so a learner who knows both words can infer moving toward the wind — i.e., facing or going in the direction opposing the wind. This literal, imageable composition and similar constructions in other languages make the meaning readily derivable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Into the wind comes from the simple image of facing a strong wind. When you go into the wind, the air hits you and makes it harder to move, so it means 'toward the place the wind comes from'.