Read the excerpt from The People Could Fly
What Bruh Deer gone do? He sees the alligator and he hears the beagles.
Bruh Deer make a sudden twist to the side just before the hounds see him. He burn the wind down the riverbank below the bluff, and he cross the water where Bruh Alligator never see him.
Based on the clues in the excerpt, the phrase burn the wind down most likely means
“swims.”
“sprints.”
“turns.”
“hides.”