"take air" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes air [present, singular, third-person], taking air [participle, present], took air [past], taken air [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> air}} take air (third-person singular simple present takes air, present participle taking air, simple past took air, past participle taken air)
  1. (obsolete, idiomatic) To be divulged; to be made public. Tags: idiomatic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-take_air-en-verb-xZRi-6Xr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "The purchase proved fatal; the Jew's family soon died of the plague: the news took air, and the house was burnt, but the infection could not be restrained; it spread, and continued to rage with great violence […].",
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        "(obsolete, idiomatic) To be divulged; to be made public."
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