draw breath


draw breath

1. To take a break or rest. You keep going while I sit down and draw breath for a minute.2. To live. No sweeter woman than your mother has ever drawn breath.See also: breath, draw

draw ˈbreath

(British English) (American English draw a ˈbreath)
1 stop doing something and rest: She talks all the time and hardly stops to draw breath.
2 (literary) live; be alive: He was as kind a man as ever drew breath.See also: breath, draw