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gets some air

gets some air is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get some air.

Meaning of get some air

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

Questions about gets some air

What is gets some air the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets some air is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get some air.

Words near gets some air in the dictionary

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

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