breathe one's last breath

present singular third person breathes one's last breath · participle present breathing one's last breath · participle past breathed one's last breath · past breathed one's last breath

1. Synonym of breathe one's last.

   1962 October, Tristram Coffin, "Peace in politics", in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol. 18, nr. 8, page 43. When the isolationists were breathing their last frantic breaths in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt boldly campaigned on an internationally based policy.

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   The grease on his hand from Burt’s apron meant that slowly but surely he was losing his grip. Any moment now, he was going to breathe his last breath.

   2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms: breathe one's last