breather

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breath‧er/ˈbriːðə $ -ər/ noun
[Word Family: noun: breath, breather, breathing; adjective: breathless, breathy; verb: breathe; adverb: breathlessly]
have/take a breather informal to stop what you are doing for a short time in order to rest, especially when you are exercising
⇨ heavy breather

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heavy breather
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
heavy
▪ She had reduced the voice to something on the same level of annoyance as a heavy breather.
VERB
take
▪ He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.
▪ With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.
▪ Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.
▪ A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
▪ Main picture: The female takes a breather.
▪ When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
▪ Regroup and take a breather at midday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In March, Northampton won a two-month breather from a winding-up order on more than £13,000 owed to a printing firm.
▪ Members of political action committees might have hoped for a little breather before being hit up again for money.
▪ She is playing her five starters almost exclusively, putting in B and Sandie just long enough to give some one a breather.
▪ With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breath, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time