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take a breath
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.take a breath - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"breathe, suspire, respirerespire - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxiderespire - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxietychoke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"hyperventilate - breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"hiccough, hiccup - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"sigh, suspire - heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"breathe out, exhale, expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"wheeze - breathe with difficultyyawn - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"saw logs, saw wood, snore - breathe noisily during one's sleep; "she complained that her husband snores" |
take a breath
take a breathTo inhale and then exhale. I can tell that you're just a bit too upset to talk about this. Why don't you take a breath, calm down a bit, and then we'll discuss it. I've loved my son more than life itself ever since he took his first breath.See also: breath, taketake a breath
Synonyms for take a breathverb draw air into, and expel out of, the lungsSynonymsRelated Words- respire
- choke
- hyperventilate
- hiccough
- hiccup
- sigh
- suspire
- breathe out
- exhale
- expire
- breathe in
- inhale
- inspire
- wheeze
- yawn
- saw logs
- saw wood
- snore
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