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breathed a word

breathed a word is the simple past and past participle of breathe a word.

Meaning of breathe a word

Verb

breathe a word (third-person singular simple present breathes a word, present participle breathing a word, simple past and past participle breathed a word)

  1. (idiomatic) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative).
    • I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else!

Questions about breathed a word

What is breathed a word the simple past and past participle of?
Breathed a word is the simple past and past participle of breathe a word.

Words near breathed a word in the dictionary

  1. breathe one's last breath
  2. breathe out
  3. breathe upon
  4. breathed
  5. breathed a sigh of relief
  6. breathed a word
  7. breathed again
  8. breathed back to life
  9. breathed down someone's neck
  10. breathed easy
  11. breathed freely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breathed a word (page history and authors); breathe a word (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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