hold your breath

Meaning

1. Oxford63% of films

   to stop breathing for a short time

   Remember to breathe now, don't hold your breath.

2. Oxford25% of films

   people say don't hold your breath! to emphasize that sth will take a long time or may not happen

3. Oxford13% of films

   to be anxious while you are waiting for sth that you are worried about

   Hold your breath It gets better

In the movies · 19

• Then you just have to hold your breath for two minutes.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation2015
• Remember to breathe now, don't hold your breath.Life of Pi2012
• All right. I'm not gonna hold my breath.Creed2015
• hold your breath.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022
• Just hold your breath.The Three Musketeers2011
• Hey, hold your breath, okay?Moonfall2022
• Hold your breath, cross your fingers.The Woman in the Window2021
• Hold your breath It gets betterAladdin2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis
• Aladdin2019
  • The Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
  • Aladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
  • Aladdin Shares His Rooftop Home

From the same entry

• a breath of air
• a breath of fresh air
• the breath of life to
• get your breath
• in the same breath
• his last breath
• out of breath
• say sth, speak, under your breath
• take breath away
• with bated breath
• catch your breath
• draw breath

More idioms

• a whole lot
• any minute
• the middle of nowhere
• hang in there
• at the latest
• in the world
• that's better
• by accident
• not much of a
• a pain in the neck
• as always
• once upon a time