Meaning of suck all the air out of | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, all, air, out.
2. To dominate or overwhelm.
3. To destroy.

Examples

“The gravity of our situation sucks all the air out of the truck cab. I'm caught in a moment of deep reflection.”

“No one ever understands Luella's impact. It is as though she sucks all the air out of a room.”

““It makes sense, because if he [Clinton] appears with Gore, it just sucks all the air out of everything; it's all people want to talk about," Carville said.”

“But his next words sucked all the air out of my rationalizations.”

“You've got to be flexible — otherwise it sucks all the air out of the movie, and you've seen the movies that feel like a filmed storyboard.”

“Now he's too eager for the graveyard pun or, if he's trying too hard, the Billy Collins premise that sucks all the air out of a poem.”

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