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What does take a breather mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word take a breather? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.
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Captain Jessie paused a moment to take a breather from his speechification.
I've been burning the candle at both ends since at least early summer, and it's time to take a breather.
Her eyes were brimmed with tears and she fled out of the house to school not stopping once to take a breather.
Satisfied, we stopped to take a breather and admire our hard determination, or lack thereof.
And when you take a breather, you find yourself walking the routes that people walked 800 years ago.
Now though, with the critical period past, and Reith starting to recover on his own, he could finally take a breather.

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