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to exhale

verb/ɐjʃpiˈɾaɾ/medium

ex·pi·rar

Definitions

1To breathe out air from the lungs.
Please exhale slowly into the tube.
He exhaled a cloud of steam in the cold air.
Common collocations
exhale deeplyexhale slowlyinhale and exhale
2To come to an end, to cease to be valid.
My passport expires next year.
The offer expires at midnight.
Common collocations
expiry dateto expire soonlicense expires

Etymology

Do latim 'exspirare', de 'ex-' (fora) + 'spirare' (respirar, soprar).

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