Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.

    Why don't we stop and take a breather before we continue?

    eine Pause machen

    передохнутьperedoxnutʹ

    take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Take a breather.

    Зроби перерву. — triantafillou

    ruВозьми перерыв. — odexed

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  2. Why don't we take a breather?

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  3. Let's take a breather.

    ruДавайте передохнём. — marafon

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  4. Pietro took a five minute breather.

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  5. Yanni needs to pause and take a breather.

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Translations

6 languages
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Forms

takes a breather, taking a breather, took a breather, taken a breather
Base formtake a breather · to take a breather
3rd person singulartakes a breather
Present participletaking a breather
Past simpletook a breather
Past participletaken a breather

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake a breather
he, she, ittakes a breather

Past simpleLesson

all personstook a breather

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken a breather
he, she, ithas taken a breather

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take a breather

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout
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