Phrase info

off the air

Meaning

off the air

(broadcasting) Synonym of off air.
Antonym: on the air

off-the-air

Alternative spelling of off the air, especially when used attributively.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

off-the-air

Examples

A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now. Bruce Boxleitner

Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air. Megan Mullally

We noted at the beginning of this show that Ilhan Omar is trying to take this show off the air. Shut us up. Silence us. We want to reassure you that's not going to happen. Why? Because we work at Fox News, and they've got our back, and we're thankful for that. Tucker Carlson

Shows have asked a lot of actors to take cuts. Shows are going off the air. So okay, life goes on. Austin Peck

The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s and '70s. It would have been taken off the air. It is beamed into people's living rooms on Sunday afternoons, with children watching. Damon Hill

They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning. Della Reese

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