Timeline for When you open the windows in the house in order for fresh air to come in?
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 21:24 | comment | added | J.R. | @Edwin: I believe you're correct. In fact, the British edition of that same dictionary doesn't even mention air out. But air out is not uncommon at all in the US. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 21:15 | comment | added | J.R. | @Tim: For the record, I wasn't meaning to provide an exhaustive list. What closes the door could be called the wind, or it might be called a rush of wind, a gust of wind, a blowing breeze, a flow of air, a waft of air, and probably a few other things as well. There's no single name for it. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 20:24 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The single-word verb is used far more commonly than its two-word synonym in the UK, I believe, J.R. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 19:36 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Formally or otherwise, I'd always say the wind. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 19:08 | history | answered | J.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |