clear the air
to make the air cooler, fresher, and more comfortable:
The rain has helped clear the air.
C2 to remove the bad feelings between people:
I had a massive argument with Sue, but at least it has cleared the air.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- tonic
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