take breath —(also: take a breath)
1. pause to rest after exertion (to allow one’s breathing to return to normal):
- Halfway up the mountain we stopped to take breath.
2. take a break from one’s normal routine (in order to do smth. different):
- After the frenetic activity of the last four years, we need to take breath and think. We need to reflect on where we want to go and how to get there.
take in breath—take air into the lungs; breathe in:
- When we talk, we don’t stop to take in breath before saying a line, similarly, breath should be controlled when singing.