Antonyms for catch breath

Grammar : Verb

Spell : breth

Phonetic Transcription : brɛθ

Definition of catch breath

Origin : Old English bræð "odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor" (Old English word for "air exhaled from the lungs" was æðm), from Proto-Germanic *bræthaz "smell, exhalation" (cf. Old High German bradam, German Brodem "breath, steam"), from PIE root *gwhre- "to breathe, smell."

As in kick back : verb relax
As in pause : verb wait, delay
As in wheeze : verb breathe roughly, heavily
As in : verb take a short break
As in gasp : verb draw breath in sharply

Example sentences :

You could have heard the roomful of them catch breath together.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

"So far, so good," Charley commented, while I paused to catch breath.
Extract from : « Tales of the Fish Patrol » by Jack London

I was twenty feet away, and it was done before I could catch breath.
Extract from : « All the Brothers Were Valiant » by Ben Ames Williams

The leading columns paused as if they had received a shock, or had stopped to catch breath.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

Then pausing for an instant, as if to catch breath, he flung himself on a seat in utter exhaustion.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. » by Various

He precipitated himself through the frame, dropped to the ground, stopped for an instant to catch breath.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

“I was only choking a little; but I am better,” answered she, opening her mouth, like a fish to catch breath.
Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

He fell down and several fell over him, stopping the work long enough for us to catch breath.
Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne

Driven on by fear she forgot exhaustion and went rapidly ahead, hardly stopping a minute to catch breath.
Extract from : « Caucasian Legends » by A. Goulbat

They ran over the lava-like street, stopping every now and then to catch breath.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 » by George Stewart

Synonyms for catch breath

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