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3. hardly have time to breathe

hardly have time to breathe

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hardly have time to breathe

 and scarcely have time to breathe

Fig. to be very busy. This was such a busy day. I hardly had time to breathe. They made him work so hard that he scarcely had time to breathe.

See also: breathe, hardly, have, time