air loft n.
(US Und.) a warning to run away.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Sister of the Road (1975) 173: When [the police] were coming he gave us the ‘Air-loft,’ or warning to get away. |
In phrases
to make an escape after being given a warning of problems, e.g. a police raid.
| Sister of the Road (1975) 184: Many times we had to take the air loft, but there was no actual raid until the last Saturday I was there. |