take air

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Meaning: (obsolete,idiomatic)To be divulged; to be made public.[17th–19th c.]1751,[Tobias] Smollett,The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co.,[…],→OCLC:[T]his secret havingtaken 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[…].1780,The Annual Register:The purchase proved fatal; the Jew's family soon died of the plague: the newstook air, and the house was burnt, but the infection could not be restrained; it spread, and continued to rage with great violence[…].

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