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View synonyms for breathe one's last
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Die, as in Aunt Agatha breathed her last on Tuesday . This term was used by Shakespeare in 3 Henry VI (5:2): “Montague has breathed his last.” It has survived but today is considered a poetic euphemism.Advertisement
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