fight for breath

idiom

: to struggle to breathe
When they brought him to the hospital, he was fighting for breath.

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“Fight for breath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20for%20breath. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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