up in the air

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up in the air

adjective more up in the air · most up in the air

  1. idiomatic Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain. I think I can do it quickly, but the exact schedule is still up in the air.

adverb

  1. not comparable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, in, the, air. He threw the ball high up in the air.

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adj not yet resolved

Españolen el aire
한국어계류되다 gyeryudoeda
中文不了了之 bùliǎoliǎozhī
Deutschin der Schwebe hängen, in der Schwebe sein
Italianonell'aria, in alto mare
Русскийнеопределённый neopredeljónnyj, нерешённый nerešónnyj, находя́щийся в подве́шенном состоя́нии / под вопро́сом naxodjáščijsja v podvéšennom sostojánii / pod voprósom, пови́сший в во́здухе povísšij v vózduxe

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@misc{up_in_the_air_2026,
  title = {up in the air},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/up%20in%20the%20air},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}