collocation · informal
get out of breath
/ɡet aʊt əv brɛθ/get out of BREATH
Band 5-6speakingtask2
start breathing heavily because of exertion
Examples
“I usually get out of breath after climbing the stairs.”
“She quickly gets out of breath if she runs too fast.”
“After a short sprint he was out of breath and had to stop.”
Band 8 sentence
“I tend to get out of breath on steep climbs, so I train specifically to improve my lung capacity.”
Collocations
- get quickly out of breath
Word family
get out of breath verb phrasebe out of breath verb phrase
Common mistakes
get out breath→get out of breath
be out breath→be out of breath
Say it for a higher band
5be tired→6be breathless→7+get out of breath
Synonyms
be breathless
Easily confused
be breathless
“After the sprint she was breathless and sat down.”
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