GIVES AIR TO Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

gives air to

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present tense third-person singular of give air to

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to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) He gave air to his concerns about the proposal.

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puts forth

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But in each event—in the living act, the undoubted deed—there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.

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