Idiom
take a deep breath
Meaning
To inhale deeply.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Take a deep breath before you start your speech.”
“She had to take a deep breath to calm her nerves before walking into the interview room.”
“As the tension in the room reached its peak, he paused to take a deep breath, steadying his resolve before delivering the difficult news to the board.”
Examples
simple
“Take a deep breath before you start your speech.”
contextual
“She had to take a deep breath to calm her nerves before walking into the interview room.”
complex
“As the tension in the room reached its peak, he paused to take a deep breath, steadying his resolve before delivering the difficult news to the board.”
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