Definition of Clear the air

1. Verb. Dispel differences or negative emotions. "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"


Definition of Clear the air

1. Verb. To assuage a hostile situation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clear The Air

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clear cell adenocarcinoma
clear cell carcinoma of kidney
clear cell hidradenoma
clear cut
clear ice
clear layer of epidermis
clear liquid diet
clear off
clear one's lines
clear one's throat
clear out
clear round
clear sailing
clear someone's name
clear the air (current term)
clear the decks
clear the throat
clear title
clear up
clear view screen
clearable
clearage
clearages
clearance
clearance hole
clearance holes
clearance sale
clearances
clearcole

Literary usage of Clear the air

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"... faithfully observed by judges, would clear the air of much of the legal malaria now caused by the rules of evidence. 2. Trial Court given no Discretion. ..."

2. A Supplement to A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"... faithfully observed by judges, would clear the air of much of the legal malaria now caused by the rules of evidence. 2. Trial Court given no Discretion. ..."

3. Switzerland: Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the by Louis Simond (1823)
"It rained in torrents last night, and we expected it would clear the air, but the same sort of unpicturesque haze still hung over the landscape, ..."

4. Heating and Ventilating Buildings: A Manual for Heating Engineers and Architects by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1903)
"If such work is generally done in the open rooms, ten times that volume of air passed through them might not clear the air. The discharge from such rooms ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"... the southern part of Africa, seemed to depend on causes like to those which obscure and clear the air during the passage of a cyclone in these islands. ..."

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