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with bated breath

with bated breath

Etymology:

  • From the verb bate, alteration by aphesis of the verb abate.
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with bated breathEagerly; with great anticipation.
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hold one's breathsave one's breathbreath of fresh airtake a breathhold one's breathdraw one's last breathdon't hold your breathunder one's breathin the same breathwaste breathbreath of fresh air

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