out of breath

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: out əv brĕth, -ŭv′-, -ŏv′- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aʊ̯t əv bɹɛθ/, /aʊ̯t əv bɹeθ/; /-ˌʌv-/; /-ˌɒv-/ (General American) IPA(key): /aʊ̯t əv bɹɛθ/; /-ˌʌv-/; (without the cot–caught merger) /-ˌɔv-/, (cot–caught merger) /-ˌɑv-/ (Canada) IPA(key): /aʊ̯t əv bɹɛθ/; /-ˌʌv-/; (standard) /-ˌɒv-/, (dialectal) /-ˌɑv-/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /æɔ̯t əv bɹeθ/; /-ˌɐv-/; /-ˌɔv-/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /æʊ̯t əv bɹeθ/; /-ˌɐv-/; /-ˌɒv-/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ʌʊ̯t əv bɹɛθ/, /ʌʊ̯t ʌv bɹɛθ/; /-ˌʌv-/; /-ˌɔv-/ (India) IPA(key): /əwʈ ov bɾɛ(ː)t̪/, /ɑwʈ ov bɾɛ(ː)t̪/; /-ˌəv-/; /-ˌɔv-/ Hyphenation: out of breath === Prepositional phrase === out of breath Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity. Synonym: out of wind We were all out of breath when we got to the summit. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “out of breath”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.