- give (someone) the air
- to dismiss from employment
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
give (someone) the air
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air — [[t]ɛər[/t]] n. 1) phs a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere 2) a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze 3) overhead space; sky 4) circulation; publication; publicity:… … From formal English to slang
air — {{11}}air (n.1) c.1300, invisible gases that make up the atmosphere, from O.Fr. air atmosphere, breeze, weather (12c.), from L. aerem (nom. aer) air, lower atmosphere, sky, from Gk. aer (gen. aeros) air (related to aenai to blow, breathe ), of… … Etymology dictionary
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air — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR, CLEAR THE AIR, GIVE ONESELF AIRS, GET THE AIR at GET THE BOUNCE(1), GIVE THE AIR at GIVE THE BOUNCE(1), IN THE AIR, INTO THIN AIR, LEAVE HANGING or LEAVE HANGING IN THE AIR, ON THE AIR, OUT OF THIN AIR, UP IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
air — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR, CLEAR THE AIR, GIVE ONESELF AIRS, GET THE AIR at GET THE BOUNCE(1), GIVE THE AIR at GIVE THE BOUNCE(1), IN THE AIR, INTO THIN AIR, LEAVE HANGING or LEAVE HANGING IN THE AIR, ON THE AIR, OUT OF THIN AIR, UP IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
