take the air

take the air
1) прогуливаться, дышать свежим воздухом

Provision shops were opening, middleclass families began to take the air, stout men in carpet slippers appeared in doorways. (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part I, ch. VI) — Стали открываться продуктовые магазины, на улицу вышли подышать свежим воздухом семейства буржуа, на порогах домов появились дородные мужчины в войлочных шлепанцах.

2) разг. удрать, улизнуть, смыться; ≈ (за)дать стрекача, навострить лыжи

He was not going to allow any silly suggestion that he was afraid of Bert to take the air. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting in the Promised Land’, ch. XIX) — Он не боится, что Берт даст тягу, и не допустит, чтобы какой-нибудь идиот мог усомниться в его уверенности.

Take the air, Scram. Push off. (DAS) — Убирайся! Проваливай! Пошел вон!

3) ав. подняться в воздух, взлететь

...ten German fighter-bombers whirled in over the coast. The spotters picked them up. The Spitfires took the air. The anti-air-craft guns fired and two of the raiders were shot down. (J. Steinbeck, ‘Once There Was a War’, ‘England’) — ...десять немецких истребителей-бомбардировщиков кружили над побережьем. Воздушные наблюдатели засекли их. "Спитфайры" поднялись в воздух. Зенитная артиллерия открыла огонь, и два истребителя были сбиты.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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