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CLEAR THE AIR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dispel differences or negative emotions
Example:
The group called a meeting to finally clear the air
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "clear the air" is one way to...):
chase away; dispel; drive away; drive off; drive out; run off; turn back (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)
Sentence frames:
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