in the same breath
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Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) Said or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.
- Said of two things that cannot be true simultaneously.
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Further reading
[edit]- “in the same breath”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “in the same breath” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “in the same breath” (US) / “in the same breath” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.