Local English word record

take a breath

verb · 1 sense

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

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Examples

  • I can breathe better when the air is clean
  • The patient is respiring

Word relationships

Synonyms

breathe, respire, suspire

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Princeton WordNet 3.0