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to breathe out

to breathe out

8 1.0
To push air out of your lungs
  • phrasal verb
  • /briːð aʊt/
translation icon : exhalar
  • So I invite you to breathe in, take a breath in, and breathe out a few times.
  • breathe out carbon dioxide
  • breathe out carbon

The goal is actually to breathe out the stress and relax.

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Examples

  • Singers breathe out more air than they breathe in.

    Inside Daisy Clover (1966)

  • So breathe in for four, hold for four, breathe out for four, hold for four.

  • The goal is actually to breathe out the stress and relax.

    Dr. Josh Axe

  • Take a deep breath in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.

    Evan Carmichael

  • Breathe in, breathe out, feel your chest rise and fall.

  • Plants, they will bring in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.

  • One, you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

  • The children dunk their heads under and breathe out bubbles.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • And breathe out.

    Gods and Monsters (1998)

  • To calm down, try to breathe out slowly and focus on your surroundings.

Synonyms

to exhale
vsto breathe out
62 2.6

To breathe out air or smoke from your lungs

focuses only on expelling air rather than other substances like smoke

Antonyms

to breathe in
54 1.0

To take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth

How Deep

blow
10 1.0
to breathe out
8 1.0
pant
5 2.0
puff
24 1.5

Surface Forms

breathe out infinitive
breathed out past
breathed out past participle
breathing out present participle
breathes out third person singular

Morphology

breathe + out

The meaning 'to exhale' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'breathe' (to draw in and expel air) with the particle 'out' indicating movement away from the interior. This verb + out composition signals outward motion of air and is a common, cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

The phrasal verb breathe out gives a clear picture: you breathe and the air goes out, like when you blow out a candle. That's why it means 'to exhale'.