breathernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbriː.ðər/us/ˈbriː.ðɚ/informala short rest:
He'd been working hard and felt he needed (to take) a breather.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- drift with the tide idiom
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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