get one’s wind—recover power or ability to breathe without difficulty:
- You had better get your wind now, and change your clothes.
Cf.: lose one’s wind—become out of breath when running or exerting oneself:
- He avoided stairs and lost his breath tying his shoelaces.
get wind —(of news, rumors, etc.) become widely known; spread:
- The story got wind and was over the camp in a few hours.