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gulp for air

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gulp for air
Fig. to eagerly or desperately try to get air or a breath. Tom gulped for air after trying to hold his breath for three minutes. Mary came up out of the water, gulping for air.
See also: air, gulp


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As the skies exploded over Sydney, filling the night with colour and detonating another dance till dawn, the 2004 incumbents Greece were already beginning to gulp for air.
 
 
 
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