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Phrase(s): air one’s lungs
1. Rur. to swear. • Don’t pay those old cowboys no mind. They’re just airin’ the lungs. • I could tell John was working on his old car ’cause I could hear him out in the garage, airin’ his lungs. 2. Rur. to talk, gossip, or brag. • The ladies just love to air their lungs whenever they get together.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs