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straws in the windphrasepl. of straw in the wind something believed to be a sign or warning of a future eventHe saw the increase of routine surveillance as another straw in the wind. auguries, auspices, bodings, forebodings, foreshadowings, omens, portents, presages forerunners, harbingers, heralds, precursorsforetastes, hints, inklings, intimations, suggestionsforewarningsforecasts, predictions, prognostications, prophecies(also prophesies)badges, marks, notes, tokensdivinations |