air (one's) grievances

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air (one's) grievances

To express one's dissatisfaction. The employees used the meeting to air their grievances about their salaries and working conditions.

air one's grievances

Fig. to complain; to make a public complaint. I know how you feel, John, but it isn't necessary to air your grievances over and over.

air one's grievances

Complain publicly, as in Jane was afraid to complain at work but freely aired her grievances at home. This figurative exposure to the open air is far from new; to air one's opinions or ideas dates from the early 1800s, and the precise idiom appears in James Joyce's Ulysses (1922).

See also: air, grievance

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She took to Twitter to air her grievances over the alleged behaviour of a staff member at aB&Mstore in Weston-super-Mare.

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Secretary General Ouma Oluga told journalists on Friday that the woman should use the correct channels to air her grievances.

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Under the handle @andieigengirl, the account was what the actress used to air her grievances online.