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getting some air

getting some air is the present participle and gerund 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 getting some air

What is getting some air the present participle and gerund of?
Getting some air is the present participle and gerund of get some air.

Words near getting some air in the dictionary

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

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