"breathe one's last" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: breathes one's last [present, singular, third-person], breathing one's last [participle, present], breathed one's last [participle, past], breathed one's last [past]
Etymology: Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|breathe|gloss=to live}} breathe (“to live”) Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. die Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-breathe_one's_last-en-verb-qNefQN23 Disambiguation of Death: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
  2. (uncommon) be defeated Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-breathe_one's_last-en-verb-1JhFkTiQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breathe one's last breath, draw one's last breath

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