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breathe (one's) last (breath) breathe (one's) last (breath)To die. After our parents breathed their last, my four siblings and I had to decide what to do with their property. I hope I'm making music until I breathe my last breath.See also: breathe, lastbreathe one's lastEuph. to die. She breathed her last at about two o'clock that afternoon. Cradled in his wife's arms, he breathed his last.See also: breathe, lastbreathe one's lastDie, as in Aunt Agatha breathed her last on Tuesday. This term was used by Shakespeare in 3 Henry VI (5:2): "Montague has breathed his last." It has survived but today is considered a poetic euphemism. See also: breathe, lastbreathe your last die.See also: breathe, lastbreathe your ˈlast (formal) die: Later that night, the King breathed his last. OPPOSITE: come into the worldSee also: breathe, last breathe (one's) last To die.See also: breathe, last |