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eat, breathe, and sleep

idiom

To devote one's time obsessively to.


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  1. 01

    beauty sleep

    Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.

  2. 02

    big sleep

    Death.

  3. 03

    bite to eat

    A snack or quick meal.

  4. 04

    breathe a sigh of relief

    to be relieved; to feel relief.

  5. 05

    breathe a word

    To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative).

  6. 06

    breathe down someone's neck

    To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person.

  7. 07

    breathe easy

    To relax or feel secure about something.

  8. 08

    breathe one's last

    To die.

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