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wastes breath

wastes breath is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waste breath.

Meaning of waste breath

Verb

waste breath (third-person singular simple present wastes breath, present participle wasting breath, simple past and past participle wasted breath)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; to make points in discussion or argument which are not appreciated or heeded.
    • Middleton and Paul saw no use in wasting their breath in remonstrances against this proposal.1827, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 24, in The Prairie

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What is wastes breath the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wastes breath is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waste breath.

Words near wastes breath in the dictionary

  1. wasterful
  2. wasters
  3. wastery
  4. wastes
  5. wastes away
  6. wastes breath
  7. wastes of oxygen
  8. wastes of skin
  9. wastes of space
  10. wastes of time
  11. wastes time

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