breathe one's last
Pass away permanently
To breathe one's last is to die—to take one's final breath.
The phrase is somewhat literary or euphemistic, softening the bluntness of death: She breathed her last surrounded by family.
It emphasizes the moment of passing rather than death as a state.
- kick the bucketSlang for dying
- demiseCessation of existence
- expirationEnd of validity
- deceaseEnd of life
- pass awayEuphemism for dying
slip away · funeral rites · give up the ghost · meet one's maker · depart this life · exhalation · at death's door · life support · cross over · burial · cremation · six feet under · passing · shuffle off this mortal coil · memorial service · rest in peace · eulogy · dearly departed
breathe one's lastbe born
Begin living
come into the world · come to life · spring to life · see the light of day · live
breathe one's lastsurvive
Continue to exist
pull through · make it · live to tell the tale · cheat death · live
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