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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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By the time she got home she was out of breath and her hair was messy from the wind.
So, needless to say, just about everyone was plumb out of breath when they stopped a hundred yards from their target.
When I flopped into my seat and pulled the door shut I was sobbing from the ordeal, out of breath, very cold, and wet right through.
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.
I was all out of breath maybe I should not have asked so many questions at one time.
Needless to say I made it on time and sat down roughly in my chair, completely out of breath.

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