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took breath

took breath is the simple past of take breath.

Meaning of take breath

Verb

take breath (third-person singular simple present takes breath, present participle taking breath, simple past took breath, past participle taken breath)

  1. (archaic) To take a breath.
    • It is this help that the present book attempts to give, and the moment of its appearance, during a partial lull of excavation, is an opportune one. There is a chance to take breath and gather up the threads, with the possibility that the next month's spade-work will not put us out of date.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page vii

Questions about took breath

What is took breath the simple past of?
Took breath is the simple past of take breath.

Words near took breath in the dictionary

  1. took attendance
  2. took away
  3. took away from
  4. took back
  5. took bread and salt
  6. took breath
  7. took by storm
  8. took by surprise
  9. took care
  10. took care of
  11. took care of business

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