into thin air in English

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          "word": "in Luft (sich in Luft auflösen - to vanish into thin air)"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "in Luft (sich in Luft auflösen - to vanish into thin air)"
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"into thin air" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase