Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breathe one's last

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: breathe one's last
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

verb

To be defeated.

Example Sentences

"Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last; And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick,"
"She breathed her last surrounded by her family and friends, commending them to God and the study of his word."
"The Green Council” is a tense chess game of an episode, kicking off the power vacuum that we knew was coming the moment Viserys breathed his last."
"For the longest while, the loss didn't seem real. For going on four hours, I'd done pretty much what I wanted to on that mound. I couldn't just shut that off, now that we had finally breathed our last."

Etymology

Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

breathe one's last breath draw one's last breath

Questions

What does breathe one's last mean?: To die.
Where does breathe one's last come from?: Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).

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