Meaning:
Defuse tension, be honest about conflict so as to reduce it
Examples:
- Just to clear the air, Joanna and I were married for 3 years.
- You want to clear the air with someone... now's the time.
- That way, we can clear the air and she doesn't have to...
- I was— no, no, no, please, I want to clear the air.
- Okay, well, I'm glad we had this chance to clear the air.
- That this might be an opportunity to clear the air.
- What we need is an earthquake to clear the air.
- You want to clear the air with someone... now's the time.
- What we need now is an earthquake to clear the air.
- It feels good to talk, to clear the air.