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out of breath

breathing heavily

If you are out of breath, you are breathing hard after physical effort.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

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I just ran here and I'm out of breath.

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I was completely out of breath after cycling up that hill.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I was out of the breath after running.

Say: I was out of breath after running.

This fixed expression does not use "the" before "breath."

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How it fits in a sentence.

be out of breath; get out of breath

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I was completely out of breath after cycling up that hill.

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out of breath

breathing heavily

“I was completely out of breath after cycling up that hill.”

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