GIVEN AIR TO Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

given air to

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past participle of give air to

as in voiced

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

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put forth

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Smith believes that progressive candidates’ wins show that the base is fed up with the more conventional approach put forth by establishment Democrats.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
Su’s bio on the EDI Media website boasts that in 2012 then-state Assemblyman Curt Hagman put forth a resolution giving Su his own day in California.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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