Synonym of caught one's breath

Verb

Past tense for take a short break
rested breathed recuperated relaxed mellowed out took ten taken ten wound down took a break taken a break eased off sat down slowed down stopped for a breath let up put your feet up loosened up lounged eased up chilled out made yourself at home settled back enjoyed oneself lazed felt at home composed oneself reposed collected oneself sat back basked calmed down unwound cooled off kicked back lolled breathed easy sat around lay back taken your ease taken a load off took it easy taken it easy lain back took a breather taken a breather took a load off took your ease chilled de-stressed let it all hang out decompressed idled unbent unbended luxuriated loafed flopped slumped slacked off stayed loose vegged out let yourself go unbuttoned played entertained oneself mellowed stood down chillaxed outspanned done nothing did nothing reclined let down cooled down simmered down lightened up let your hair down taken time off amused oneself took time off napped dozed slept snoozed drowsed paused slumbered daydreamed daydreamt catnapped stoned took time out taken a chill pill slacked snatched forty winks had a nap stretched out lay down kept cool lolloped knocked off settled down cooled it slackened taken time out switched off pulled in one's horns kipped controlled oneself restrained yourself unlaxed turned off hung out had a rest regained one's composure hosed down nodded off got some kip had forty winks stopped work had a kip refreshed oneself zizzed caught some Zs grooved had a snooze had a siesta made less tense had a break had a spell lain down took a chill pill stopped worrying took one's time taken one's time gone easy gotten hold of oneself went easy got hold of oneself took life easy lay still lain still gotten some shut-eye took a rest taken a rest went to bed lain by taken life easy lay by taken a nap took five taken five taken a siesta took a nap took a siesta got some shut-eye gone to bed

Verb

Past tense for to temporarily halt one's activity
broke brake broken paused put on hold let up hesitated wavered rested stopped called time dropped reflected delayed pulled up stopped briefly hung back had a breather ceased halted held back interrupted suspended thought twice waited desisted deliberated come to standstill faltered adjourned discontinued sidelined marked time broken it up broke off shaken shook taken a break took five took a breather took ten came to standstill taken five taken a breath taken ten took a break broken off taken a breather took a breath broke it up held on stalled sat tight recessed procrastinated vacillated suspended proceedings hung on ended held your horses held your fire knocked off hung fire hung about hung around adopted Fabian tactics had a break broke up broken up risen rose

Verb

Past tense for to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound
wheezed gasped panted rasped hissed hyperventilated puffed sibilated blew blown heaved hove whistled croaked snored breathed audibly breathed heavily breathed noisily caught your breath breathed roughly huffed gulped breathed hard puffed and pant fought for breath respired snorted inspired inhaled choked sniffled whooped breathed gagged struggled for air whiffed huffed and puffed gasped for aired gasped for air drew in breath drawn in breath exhaled sighed suspired breathed out expired coughed breathed quickly sniffed puffed and blow sucked in air overbreathed throbbed rattled palpitated winded chuffed wound whispered snuffled suffocated drug dragged scented insufflated gasped for breath snuffed snifted breathed in struggled strained heaved a sigh sawed logs sawed wood breathed rapidly breathed loudly used lungs fought for air inhaled and exhale struggled for breath drawn drew spoke hoarsely spoken hoarsely sawn logs drawn breath drew breath drawn in drew in taken breaths took breaths took in air taken in air

Nearby Words

caught one short caught on fire caught on the hop caught on the wrong foot caught on to caught on to the fact caught on caught off-guard caught off guard caught off-balance caught off balance caught napping

Antonym of caught one's breath

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