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run off vs clear the air

clear the air vs run off

run off and clear the air both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
run off No No Yes No
clear the air No No Yes No
As verbs, clear the air is a hyponym of run off; that is, clear the air is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than run off:
  • run off: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  • clear the air: dispel differences or negative emotions
Other hyponyms of run off include fire, banish, shoo, shoo away, shoo off.
run off (verb) clear the air (verb)
decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff dispel differences or negative emotions
reproduce by xerography
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
run away secretly with one's beloved
run off as waste
Difference between run off and clear the air

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