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take a breather

verbid 22045·updated Jun 3, 2026
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take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Variants

synonym
rest
pasttense
taked a breathertook a breather
presentparticiple
taking a breather
thirdpersonsingular
takes a breather
pastparticiple
taked a breathertaken a breather

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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