"breathe a word" meaning in English

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      "form": "breathes a word",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "breathing a word",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breathed a word",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "breathed a word",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative)."
      ],
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          "divulge",
          "divulge"
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          "secret",
          "secret"
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mum's the word"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hiiskua sanallakaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ne souffler mot"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ein Wort verlieren"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "breathe a word"
}

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      "form": "breathes a word",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "breathing a word",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "breathed a word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breathed a word",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "mum's the word"
    }
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        {
          "text": "I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative)."
      ],
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        [
          "divulge",
          "divulge"
        ],
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          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative)."
      ],
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        "in the negative"
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        "idiomatic"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hiiskua sanallakaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ne souffler mot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ein Wort verlieren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breathe a word"
}