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get one's breath back

get one's breath back verb: to start breathing normally again after physical exercise.

Verb

get one's breath back (third-person singular simple present gets one's breath back, present participle getting one's breath back, simple past and past participle got one's breath back)

  1. (UK) To start breathing normally again after physical exercise.

Synonyms of get one's breath back

Forms of get one's breath back

third-person singular presentgets one's breath back
present participlegetting one's breath back
past participlegot one's breath back
pastgot one's breath back

Questions about get one's breath back

What does get one's breath back mean?
Get one's breath back means to start breathing normally again after physical exercise.
What part of speech is get one's breath back?
Get one's breath back is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's breath back?
The past tense of get one's breath back is got one's breath back.

Words near get one's breath back in the dictionary

  1. get one's ashes hauled
  2. get one's ass handed to one
  3. get one's ass in gear
  4. get one's ass into gear
  5. get one's bowels in an uproar
  6. get one's breath back
  7. get one's butt somewhere
  8. get one's claws into
  9. get one's claws on
  10. get one's claws out
  11. get one's clock cleaned

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