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get some air

get some air verb: to invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.

Verb

get some air (third-person singular simple present gets some air, present participle getting some air, simple past got some air, past participle (UK) got some air or (US) gotten some air)

  1. (idiomatic) To invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.
    • [I]t was enough to send her rattling away again in a cab, through deserts of gritty streets, where many people crowded at the corner of courts and byways to get some air.1870, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
    • [H]e took occasion to remark that it was lovely on the balcony: one really got some air, the breeze being from that quarter.1891, Henry James, chapter 1, in The Patagonia

Examples of get some air in a sentence

  • You went for a little walk to get some air!"1907, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 6, in The Diva's Ruby:
  • "You'd better begin to get some air and exercise and quit hanging about in the house all day."1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter 30, in The Magnificent Ambersons:
  • "We got out of the van to get some air on the Gower peninsula."1995 September 26, Nick Coleman, “Ropin' and a-rhymin'”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 23 Mar 2014:
  • Gaza City had become generally calmer on Thursday after a cease-fire between Fatah and Hamas, and residents had emerged into the streets to buy food and get some air.2007 May 17, Steven Erlanger, Jon Elsen, “Israeli air strikes target Hamas in Gaza”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Mar 2014:

Forms of get some air

third-person singular presentgets some air
present participlegetting some air
pastgot some air
past participle UKgot some air
past participle USgotten some air
alternative formtake some air

Questions about get some air

What does get some air mean?
Get some air means to invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.
How do you use get some air in a sentence?
You went for a little walk to get some air!"
What part of speech is get some air?
Get some air is a verb.
What is the past tense of get some air?
The past tense of get some air is got some air.

Words near get some air in the dictionary

  1. get round to
  2. get rounds
  3. get screwed
  4. get sick
  5. get some
  6. get some air
  7. get someone at it
  8. get someone for a Tartar
  9. get someone in a line
  10. get someone there
  11. get someone's back

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