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take air

take air verb: to be divulged; to be made public.

Verb

take air (third-person singular simple present takes air, present participle taking air, simple past took air, past participle taken air)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To be divulged; to be made public.
    • [T]his secret having taken air, the old Israelite had contrived a scheme to separate them for ever; and they being apprized of his intention, had found means to elope from his house […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • The purchase proved fatal; the Jew's family soon died of the plague: the news took air, and the house was burnt, but the infection could not be restrained; it spread, and continued to rage with great violence […].1780, The Annual Register

Forms of take air

third-person singular presenttakes air
present participletaking air
pasttook air
past participletaken air

Questions about take air

What does take air mean?
Take air means to be divulged; to be made public.
What part of speech is take air?
Take air is a verb.
What is the past tense of take air?
The past tense of take air is took air.

Words near take air in the dictionary

  1. take advantage
  2. take advantage of
  3. take after
  4. take against
  5. take aim
  6. take air
  7. take aloft
  8. take an axe to
  9. take an l
  10. take apart
  11. take at advantage

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