We stood there with bated breath while the man hung on the side of the bridge.
•They listened with bated breath for the announcement about the winner.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
with bated breath — (holding one s breath) in fear or suspense • • • Main Entry: ↑bate with bated breath With breath restrained out of suspense, fear or reverence • • • Main Entry: ↑breath * * * with bated breath phrase worried or excited and paying a lot of… … Useful english dictionary
with bated breath — with worry and tension, with suspense, leave me hanging With bated breath, they waited for news of the men who were trapped in the mine … English idioms
with bated breath — if you wait for something with bated breath, you feel very excited or anxious while you are waiting. His name wasn t by any chance, Max Peters? Helena asked with bated breath. We were waiting with baited breath for the prizes to be announced … New idioms dictionary
with bated breath — adverb /wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbrɛθ/ Eagerly; with great anticipation. Or | Shall I bend low and in a bondmans key, | With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this; … Wiktionary
with bated breath — worried or excited and paying a lot of attention because you want to know what will happen We waited with bated breath to find out who had won … English dictionary
with bated breath — with halting breath, hesitatingly, barely being able to hold back … English contemporary dictionary
with bated breath — Synonyms and related words: abjectly, anticipatingly, anticipatively, anticipatorily, anxious, apprehensive, apprehensively, aside, bashfully, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, behind the veil, between the teeth, covertly, diffidently,… … Moby Thesaurus
with bated breath — in great suspense. → bated … English new terms dictionary
wait with bated breath — wait with suspense, want to know what happens We waited with bated breath for news of the fallen climber … English idioms
with baited breath — misspelling of with bated breath … Useful english dictionary
with bated breath — idi in a state of suspenseful anticipation … From formal English to slang
