1. Home
2. Idioms
3. breathe a word

breathe a word

---

---

breathe a word

to tell a secret If you breathe a word of this to anyone, the whole deal will fall apart.

Usage notes: often used in the form not breathe a word: We were warned not to breathe a word about the party.

See also: breathe, word

not breathe a word

to not tell people a secret Please tell me what happened. I promise I won't breathe a word.

See also: breathe, word