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in the same breath

in the same breath prepositional phrase: said or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Said or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.
  2. Said of two things that cannot be true simultaneously.

Questions about in the same breath

What does in the same breath mean?
In the same breath means said or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.
What part of speech is in the same breath?
In the same breath is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the same breath in the dictionary

  1. in the running
  2. in the sack
  3. in the saddle
  4. in the sales
  5. in the same boat
  6. in the same breath
  7. in the same shoes
  8. in the same vain
  9. in the same vane
  10. in the same vein
  11. in the seven hells

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