near the wind

near the wind
phrasal
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

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near the wind
To keep the boat's head so near to the wind as to fill but not shake the sails
To be in danger of transgressing an approved limit
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