draw one's last breath

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

draw one's last breath (third-person singular simple present draws one's last breath, present participle drawing one's last breath, simple past drew one's last breath, past participle drawn one's last breath)

1. (idiomatic) To die.

Synonyms

• breathe one's last breath
• breathe one's last
• give up the ghost
• See Thesaurus:die

Translations

to die

• Afrikaans: blaas sy laaste asem uit
• Finnish: vetää viimeinen henkäyksensä, vetää viimeinen henkäisynsä
• French: rendre le dernier soupir (fr), rendre son dernier souffle (fr)
• Italian: tirare l'ultimo respiro, esalare l' ultimo respiro
• Japanese: 息を引き取る (ja) (iki o hikitoru)
• Malayalam: അന്ത്യശ്വാസം വലിക്കുക (antyaśvāsaṁ valikkuka)
• Polish: wycisnąć ostatni dech pf
• Romanian: da ultima suflare
• Turkish: son nefesini vermek (tr)

See also

• dying gasp
• with one's last breath / with one's dying breath