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takes someone's breath away

takes someone's breath away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Takes someone's breath away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take someone's breath away.

Words near takes someone's breath away in the dictionary

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

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