phrasal
1. : close to the wind : close-hauled
2. : close to a point of danger : near the permissible limit
one of his racy tales, heavily spiced with native argot and sailing perilously near the wind — Edward Lockspeiser
phrasal
1. : close to the wind : close-hauled
2. : close to a point of danger : near the permissible limit
one of his racy tales, heavily spiced with native argot and sailing perilously near the wind — Edward Lockspeiser
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012