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in one breath

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(all) in one breath
Fig. spoken very rapidly, usually while one is very excited. Ann said all in one breath, "Hurry, quick! The parade is coming!" Jane was in a play, and she was so excited that she said her whole speech in one breath.
See also: breath, one


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The phrase peak flow refers to the total volume of air that you''re able to exhale in one breath.
It's easy for the Israel government's spokesperson to express sorrow in one breath but blame Hezbollah for both the accidental shelling deaths of the four UN peacekeeping soldiers and now the civilians - including many children at Qana - killed by an American missile fired by an Israeli warplane.
Apologising in one breath and saying you don't regret anything in another is carrying French diplomacy a bit beyond the edges of satire" - Actress Maureen Lipman on the Zidane headbutting incident in the World Cup Final.
 
 
 
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