Drove across area, getting caught

• Picked up aurally
• Downloaded some tracks from, say
• Caught wind
• Picked up while holding still, say
• Gossiper's word
• Detected sound
• Got the message
• Got wind of
• Harkened

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. perceive (sound) via the auditory sense get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn , get word , get wind , pick up , find out , get a line , discover ...