take a breather

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take a breather

verb takes a breather · taking a breather · took a breather · taken a breather

  1. idiomatic To take a break; to pause or relax briefly. Why don't we stop and take a breather before we continue?

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verb to take a break

Españolhacer una pausa
Françaissouffler
Deutscheine Pause machen
Italianofare una pausa
Русскийпередохнуть peredoxnutʹ

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"take a breather." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/take%20a%20breather. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"take a breather." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/take%20a%20breather.

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@misc{take_a_breather_2026,
  title = {take a breather},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20a%20breather},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}