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breathe one's last

breathe one's last

Die, as in Aunt Agatha breathed her last on Tuesday. This term was used by Shakespeare in 3 Henry VI (5:2): "Montague has breathed his last." It has survived but today is considered a poetic euphemism.
See also: breathe, last

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Radovan-Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
IslaIE-ləScottish
FabiÁN-Spanish
Enricoen-REE-koItalian
ZiskaTSIS-kahGerman
Kim (1)KIMEnglish
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