breathing spacenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/us/ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/mainly UK US usually breathing rooma period of rest in order to increase strength or give you more time to think about what to do next:
I wanted a little breathing space between jobs.
The court's decision gave us some breathing space.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- bum
- bum around
- drift with the tide idiom
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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