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TAKE THE AIR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
Example:
We like to walk every Sunday
Synonyms:
take the air; walk
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take the air" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take the air"):
constitutionalize (take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
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