"take breath" meaning in English

See take breath in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes breath [present, singular, third-person], taking breath [participle, present], took breath [past], taken breath [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> breath}} take breath (third-person singular simple present takes breath, present participle taking breath, simple past took breath, past participle taken breath)
  1. (archaic) To take a breath. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-take_breath-en-verb-NXetzbJA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page vii:",
          "text": "It is this help that the present book attempts to give, and the moment of its appearance, during a partial lull of excavation, is an opportune one. There is a chance to take breath and gather up the threads, with the possibility that the next month's spade-work will not put us out of date.",
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        "To take a breath."
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