breathe one's last
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breathe one's last
Where it comes from
Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).
verb breathes one's last · breathing one's last · breathed one's last
- To die. Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last; And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick,
- To be defeated. For the longest while, the loss didn't seem real. For going on four hours, I'd done pretty much what I wanted to on that mound. I couldn't just shut that off, now that we had finally breathed our last.
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Talk about this word "breathe one's last." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/breathe%20one's%20last. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. breathe one's last. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/breathe%20one's%20last "breathe one's last." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/breathe%20one's%20last.Cite this
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