take breath

verb

To take a breath.

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Meanings

verbtake breath (third-person singular simple present takes breath, present participle taking breath, simple past took breath, past participle taken breath)

present singular third person takes breath · participle present taking breath · past took breath · participle past taken breath

  1. archaicTo take a breath.

    It is this help that the present book attempts to give, and the moment of its appearance, during a partial lull of excavation, is an opportune one. There is a chance to take breath and gather up the threads, with the possibility that the next month's spade-work will not put us out of date.

    1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page vii
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APA

take breath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20breath

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“take breath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20breath. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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