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breathe back to life

breathe back to life verb: save a person physically or emotionally.

Verb

breathe back to life (third-person singular simple present breathes back to life, present participle breathing back to life, simple past and past participle breathed back to life)

  1. (transitive) Save a person physically or emotionally.
    • Your words cut deeper than a knife. Now I need someone to breathe me back to life.2015, “Stitches”, performed by Shawn Mendes

Forms of breathe back to life

third-person singular presentbreathes back to life
present participlebreathing back to life
past participlebreathed back to life
pastbreathed back to life

Questions about breathe back to life

What does breathe back to life mean?
Breathe back to life means save a person physically or emotionally.
What part of speech is breathe back to life?
Breathe back to life is a verb.
What is the past tense of breathe back to life?
The past tense of breathe back to life is breathed back to life.

Words near breathe back to life in the dictionary

  1. breatharians
  2. breathe
  3. breathe a sigh of relief
  4. breathe a word
  5. breathe again
  6. breathe back to life
  7. breathe down someone's neck
  8. breathe easy
  9. breathe freely
  10. breathe in
  11. breathe new life into

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