Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breathe one's last breath

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: breathe one's last breath
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of breathe one's last.

Example Sentences

"1962 October, Tristram Coffin, "Peace in politics", in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol. 18, nr. 8, page 43. When the isolationists were breathing their last frantic breaths in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt boldly campaigned on an internationally based policy."
"The grease on his hand from Burt’s apron meant that slowly but surely he was losing his grip. Any moment now, he was going to breathe his last breath."

Inflected Forms

breathes one's last breath (present, singular) breathing one's last breath (participle, present) breathed one's last breath (participle, past) breathed one's last breath (past)

Synonyms

breathe one's last

Questions

What does breathe one's last breath mean?: Synonym of breathe one's last.

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