breath
/bɹɛθ/
noun7
adjective1
forms
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Phrases with breath
- breath of fresh airSomething relieving, refreshing, or new.
- don't hold your breathDon't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all.
- draw one's last breathTo die.
- hold one's breathTo wait expectantly for something to happen soon.
- in the same breathSaid or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.
- save one's breathTo refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.
- take a breathto inhale and subsequently exhale air
- take a deep breathTo inhale deeply.
- take someone's breath awayTo make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.
- waste breathTo speak in a manner which is needless or futile; to make points in discussion or argument which are not appreciated or heeded.
- waste of breathNeedless or unnecessary speech.
- with bated breathWith reduced breath.
- with every breathSaid at every considerable opportunity; said repeatedly and constantly.