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gotten some air

gotten some air is the 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 gotten some air

What is gotten some air the past participle of?
Gotten some air is the past participle of get some air.

Words near gotten some air in the dictionary

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

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