take someone's breath away
take someone's breath away verb: to make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.
Verb
take someone's breath away (third-person singular simple present takes someone's breath away, present participle taking someone's breath away, simple past took someone's breath away, past participle taken someone's breath away)
- To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.
- A faded photograph / I mailed to you / With feelings I don't want to face / And a love song of surrender in blue / I remember when you took my breath away.1978, Bionic Boogie, “Hot Butterfly”, in Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly (performed by Luther Vandross)
Forms of take someone's breath away
| third-person singular present | takes someone's breath away |
|---|---|
| present participle | taking someone's breath away |
| past | took someone's breath away |
| past participle | taken someone's breath away |
Questions about take someone's breath away
- What does take someone's breath away mean?
- Take someone's breath away means to make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.
- What part of speech is take someone's breath away?
- Take someone's breath away is a verb.
- What is the past tense of take someone's breath away?
- The past tense of take someone's breath away is took someone's breath away.
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