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taken someone's breath away

taken someone's breath away is the past participle of take someone's breath away.

Meaning of take someone's breath away

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)

  1. (idiomatic) 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)

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What is taken someone's breath away the past participle of?
Taken someone's breath away is the past participle of take someone's breath away.

Words near taken someone's breath away in the dictionary

  1. taken someone down the garden path
  2. taken someone for all they've got
  3. taken someone to the grave
  4. taken someone up short
  5. taken someone's arm
  6. taken someone's breath away
  7. taken someone's fancy
  8. taken someone's head off
  9. taken someone's life
  10. taken someone's name in vain
  11. taken someone's part

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