get the air

get the air

1. To be spurned, jilted, or rejected by someone, especially a lover or romantic interest. Samantha has had a broken heart ever since she got the air from David.
2. To be summarily dismissed or ousted, as by an employer. The new accountant got the air after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.
See also: air, get
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get the elbow
  • not a peep from/out of (someone)
  • have it going on
  • (way) past caring
  • past caring
  • pour (one's) heart out (to someone)
  • pour heart out to
  • pour out (one's) heart (to someone)
  • pour out one's heart
  • pour your heart out
References in periodicals archive
Usually the people who have connections to the top political leaders and ministers get the air tickets while those without such advantage are left in the lurch, said Surendra Shahi of Mugu, who has been struggling to get plane ticket to Mugu for the last one week.
Travellers stranded in Nepalgunj airport for lack of air tickets