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out of breath
Idioms and Phrases
Breathing with difficulty, panting, gasping. For example, After five flights of stairs I'm out of breath . This slightly hyperbolic term (since literally running out of breath means one is dead) dates from the late 1500s. Also see catch one's breath .Example Sentences
I arrived at Room 315 on time and out of breath.
In November 2021 she started noticing that she was constantly out of breath but was unable to get a diagnosis for some time.
Tems was out of breath as she took to the stage after her name was read out at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
Out of breath, they comment on having smelled fire before seeing smoke rising.
I wanted people to notice that it sounds like she’s getting out of breath.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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