"save one's breath" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-save one's breath.ogg [Australia] Forms: saves one's breath [present, singular, third-person], saving one's breath [participle, present], saved one's breath [participle, past], saved one's breath [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} save one's breath (third-person singular simple present saves one's breath, present participle saving one's breath, simple past and past participle saved one's breath)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak. Tags: idiomatic, imperative Derived forms: save one's breath to cool one's porridge Translations (to refrain from speech): kár a gőzért [second-person] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-save_one's_breath-en-verb-7Y9gPB6a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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