get the air



get the air

1. To be spurned, jilted, or rejected by someone, especially a lover or romantic interest. Samantha has had a broken heart ever since she got the air from Rebecca.
2. To be summarily dismissed or ousted, as by an employer. The new accountant got the air after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.
See also: air, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SonnySUN-eeEnglish
Girish-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
ChantÉ-English (Modern)
Zhyrgal-Kyrgyz
KjellSHELSwedish, Norwegian
Janne (1)YAHN-neFinnish, Swedish