BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF

Meaning of BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF in English

feel relieved after a time of worry

When we saw the children were safe, we breathed a sigh of relief.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF — feel relieved after a time of worry When we saw the children were safe, we breathed a sigh of relief.
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SIGH — I. ˈsī verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English sihen, sighen (past sihte, sighte ), probably alteration (after such pairs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RELIEF — I. rə̇ˈlēf, rēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English relefe, releve, relief, from Middle French relief, from Old French, …
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BREATHE — I. ˈbrēth verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English brethen, from breth, breeth breath intransitive verb 1. a. obsolete : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREATHE — (v. t.) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
Английский словарь Webster
BREATHE — (v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
Английский словарь Webster
BREATHE — ( v. t. ) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATHE — ( v. t. ) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIGH — — sigher , n. /suy/ , v.i. 1. to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RELIEF — relief 1 — reliefless , adj. /ri leef"/ , n. 1. alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATHE — /breedh/ , v. , breathed /breedhd/ , breathing . v.i. 1. to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIGH — I. ˈsī verb Etymology: Middle English sihen, alteration of sichen, from Old English sīcan; akin to Middle Dutch ver siken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RELIEF — I. ri-ˈlēf noun Etymology: Middle English relef, relief, from Anglo-French from relever to relieve Date: 14th century 1. : a …
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BREATHE — verb ( breathed ; breath·ing ) Etymology: Middle English brethen, from breth Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIGH — vi to make a sound like sighing. 2. sigh ·vt to exhale (the breath) in sighs. 3. sigh ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
RELIEF — noun the elevations and surface undulations of a country. 2. relief ·noun the height to which works are raised above …
Webster English vocab
BREATHE — vi to take breath; to rest from action. 2. breathe ·vt to utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. 3. …
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SIGH — [sigh] vb [ME sihen, alter. of sichen, fr. OE sican; akin to MD versiken to sigh] vi (13c) 1: to …
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BREATHE — [breathe] vb breathed ; breath.ing [ME brethen, fr. breth] vi (14c) 1 a: to draw air into and expel it …
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Britannica English vocabulary
SIGH — sigh BrE AmE saɪ ▷ sighed saɪd (= side) ▷ sighing ˈsaɪ ɪŋ ▷ sighs saɪz (= size)
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIGH — / saɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [ v ] sigh (with sth) to take and then …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELIEF — / rɪˈliːf; NAmE / noun REMOVAL OF ANXIETY / PAIN 1. [ U , sing. ] the feeling of happiness …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATHE — / briːð; NAmE / verb AIR / BREATH 1. to take air into your lungs and send it out again …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGH — I. sigh 1 /saɪ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sican ] 1 . to breathe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RELIEF — re ‧ lief S2 W2 /rɪˈliːf/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: relever ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREATHE — breathe S3 W3 /briːð/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ breath , ↑ breather , ↑ breathing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIGH — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. emit a long deep audible breath expressive of sadness, weariness, longing, relief, etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RELIEF — n. 1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREATHE — v. 1 intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIGH — v. & n. v. 1 intr. emit a long deep audible breath expressive of sadness, weariness, longing, relief, etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RELIEF — n. 1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREATHE — v. 1 intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIGH — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. emit a long deep audible breath expressive of sadness, weariness, longing, relief, etc. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
RELIEF — n.1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
BREATHE — v. 1. intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Oxford English vocab
SIGH — ( sighs, sighing, sighed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELIEF — ( reliefs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you feel a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATHE — ( breathes, breathing, breathed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGH — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you ~, …
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SIGH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a smile/sigh/look of satisfaction ▪ He allowed himself a little smile of satisfaction. breathe/heave …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RELIEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a relief effort ▪ The UN is organizing the relief effort to the region affected …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIGH — [verb], [noun] - (to breathe out) a deep breath that can be heard, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, boredom, etc.James sighed …
Cambridge English vocab
BREATHE — [verb]To breathe is to take air into the lungs and let it out again.It's so airless in here - I …
Cambridge English vocab
SIGH — Synonyms and related words : Aqua-Lung, ache, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bark, bated breath, bawl, bellow, bemoan, bewail, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATHE — Synonyms and related words : He, affect, air, alert, approve, argue, articulate, aspirate, attest, bark, bawl, be, be alive, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGH — n. Function: verb 1 to take in and let out a deep audible breath (as in weariness, grief, or relief) …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BREATHE — v. breathe in breathe out breathing space
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SIGH — verb 1. to take in and let out a deep audible breath (as in weariness, grief, or relief) flopped down …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGH — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , deep , great , heavy , huge ▪ little , slight , small , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RELIEF — noun 1 removal of anxiety/pain ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , deep , enormous , great , huge , immense , intense …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BREATHE — verb 1 air/breath ADVERB ▪ fast , quickly , rapidly ▪ slowly ▪ deeply ▪ shallowly ▪ hard , heavily …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BREATHE — INDEX: 1. to take air into your lungs and send it out again 2. to take air, smoke etc into …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATHE — See ↑ BREATHE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't breathe • ↑ not breathe a word/not tell a soul
Longman Activator English vocab
SIGH — v. 1 breathe, sough; suspire Troilus sighed forth his soul to the tent where sleeping Cressid lay 2 sigh for. …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RELIEF — n. 1 ease, easing, abatement, easement, deliverance, remedy, redress, alleviation, release, remission, assuagement, liberation, recess We would all welcome relief …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SIGH — 1. сущ. вздох to breathe, heave a sigh (of relief) ≈ вздохнуть (с облегчением) deep, profound sigh ≈ глубокий вздох …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RELIEF — I сущ. 1) а) облегчение, помощь, утешение to express relief ≈ выражать облегчение to feel relief ≈ испытывать, чувствовать облегчение …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREATHE — гл. 1) о перемещении массы воздуха а) дышать breathe again breathe freely б) дуть, поддувать (о ветре); дыхнуть, выдыхать в) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGH — sigh.ogg 1. saı n 1> вздох to heave /to breathe/ a sigh of relief of satisfaction - вздохнуть облегчённо удовлетворённо …
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