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выдохнуться — meaning in English

vydokhnutsya

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English meaning

  • fizzle verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
  • wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.

Senses

выдохнуться is used for these senses in English:

  • burn out (transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
  • fizzle (figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
  • peter out (intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
  • run out of steam (idiomatic) To run out of energy or motivation.
  • wind A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
  • wind (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

fizzle — full definition

  1. verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
  2. verb To make a soft hissing or sputtering sound.
  3. noun A failure or disappointing outcome, especially after high expectations.

wind — full definition

  1. noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
  2. verb To turn or twist something around a central point, or to follow a curving path (pronounced differently from the "air" sense).
  3. verb To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
  4. verb To knock the breath out of someone, usually with a blow to the stomach.

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