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air one's dirty laundry in public

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
air one's dirty laun-dry in pub-lic
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reveal one's sordid secrets to the public.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

airs one's dirty laundry in public (present, singular) airing one's dirty laundry in public (participle, present) aired one's dirty laundry in public (participle, past) aired one's dirty laundry in public (past)

Phrases

air out wear one's heart on one's sleeve

Frequently Paired Words

airing air out wear one's heart on one's sleeve

Synonyms

air one's dirty linen in public wash one's dirty laundry in public wash one's dirty linen in public

Questions

What does air one's dirty laundry in public mean?
To reveal one's sordid secrets to the public.

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