breathe one's last

English

Etymology

Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).

Verb

breathe one's last (third-person singular simple present breathes one's last, present participle breathing one's last, simple past and past participle breathed one's last)

die
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act V, Scene 2:
  Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last;
  And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick,
- 1852 September 9, Thomas J. Plummer, “Obituary notices”, in The Millennial Harbinger, page 120:
  She breathed her last surrounded by her family and friends, commending them to God and the study of his word.
(uncommon) be defeated
- 2009, Ron Darling with Daniel Paisner, The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 236:
  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.

Synonyms

breathe one's last breath
draw one's last breath

References

“[1–26–2017 breathe-ones-last]” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

单词	breathe one's last
释义	breathe one's last English Etymology Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”). Verb breathe one's last (third-person singular simple present breathes one's last, present participle breathing one's last, simple past and past participle breathed one's last) die c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act V, Scene 2: Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last; And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick, 1852 September 9, Thomas J. Plummer, “Obituary notices”, in The Millennial Harbinger, page 120: She breathed her last surrounded by her family and friends, commending them to God and the study of his word. (uncommon) be defeated 2009, Ron Darling with Daniel Paisner, The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 236: 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. Synonyms breathe one's last breath draw one's last breath References “[1–26–2017 breathe-ones-last]” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
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