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.
Alternative names
off-the-air
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Examples
A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.
Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.
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.
Shows have asked a lot of actors to take cuts. Shows are going off the air. So okay, life goes on.
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.
They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning.