take a breather

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Verb

take a breather (third-person singular simple present takes a breather, present participle taking a breather, simple past took a breather, past participle taken a breather)

(idiomatic) To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.
Why don't we stop and take a breather before we continue?

Translations

to take a break

Finnish: hengähtää (fi)
French: souffler (fr)
German: eine Pause machen
Polish: odsapywać impf, odsapnąć pf
Russian: передохнуть (ru) (peredoxnutʹ)
Spanish: hacer una pausa

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