English Explanatory Dictionary

breathe one's last

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To die.
  2. To be defeated.

Word forms

breathe one's last breathes one's last breathing one's last breathed one's last

Etymology

Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).

Synonyms

breathe one's last breath draw one's last breath
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