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breathing one's last breath

breathing one's last breath is the present participle and gerund of breathe one's last breath.

Meaning of breathe one's last breath

Verb

breathe one's last breath (third-person singular simple present breathes one's last breath, present participle breathing one's last breath, simple past and past participle breathed one's last breath)

  1. Synonym of breathe one's last.
    • When the isolationists were breathing their last frantic breaths in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt boldly campaigned on an internationally based policy.1962 October, Tristram Coffin, "Peace in politics", in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol. 18, nr. 8, page 43.

Questions about breathing one's last breath

What is breathing one's last breath the present participle and gerund of?
Breathing one's last breath is the present participle and gerund of breathe one's last breath.

Words near breathing one's last breath in the dictionary

  1. breathing gas
  2. breathing gases
  3. breathing in
  4. breathing new life into
  5. breathing one's last
  6. breathing one's last breath
  7. breathing out
  8. breathing room
  9. breathing space
  10. breathing spaces
  11. breathing spell

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