air out
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Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
air out (third-person singular simple present airs out, present participle airing out, simple past and past participle aired out)
- (idiomatic) To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.
- If you air out your sleeping bag after you use it, it will smell better the next time you get in.
- (by extension) To discuss in the open; to address an issue or conflict that has long been avoided.
- (by extension, African-American Vernacular) To shoot up a location, particularly inside a building
- (American football, slang) To throw passes, especially long and high passes.
Usage notes
- In all senses the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
Translations
to expose to air
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to discuss in the open
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