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Verb: take a breath
  1. Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
    "I can take a breath better when the air is clean";
    - breathe, respire, suspire [literary]

Derived forms: taken a breath, taking a breath, takes a breath, took a breath

Type of: act, move