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got some air

got some air is the simple past and past participle 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 got some air

What is got some air the simple past and past participle of?
Got some air is the simple past and past participle of get some air.

Words near got some air in the dictionary

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

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