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What does out of breath mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word out of breath? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity.
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So, needless to say, just about everyone was plumb out of breath when they stopped a hundred yards from their target.
I was all out of breath maybe I should not have asked so many questions at one time.
Intonation, a command of decrescendo and true unison, and just plain running out of breath become the technical challenges singers must meet.
Once the water was gurgling through the machine, Clara collapsed into a chair at the table out of breath and limp from the effort.
He was out of breath and frantic at the time, and I assumed it was a prank call.
We would run to him, sweaty and out of breath, and he would embrace us both, and tell me how putridly I stunk of perspiration.

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