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split the breeze

idiom
Meaning

To take up space, causing any breeze to move on either side.


Examples
SIMPLE

Move over so you do not split the breeze.

CONTEXTUAL

You are blocking the open window and splitting the breeze, so please step aside.

COMPLEX

The tall man stood directly in the doorway, splitting the breeze and preventing the cool air from reaching the rest of the room.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bat the breeze

    To chat; to shoot the breeze.

  2. 02

    make like a banana and split

    To leave, depart.

  3. 03

    shoot the breeze

    To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

  4. 04

    split hairs

    Tedious details; minutiae.

  5. 05

    split on a rock

    To completely fail in one's attempt

  6. 06

    split one's sides

    To laugh hysterically.

  7. 07

    split the baby

    To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties.

  8. 08

    split the difference

    To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.

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