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Post #57345 by CornTiki on Tue, Oct 28, 2003 11:29 AM
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It's actually 'bated breath'. Basically it's holding your breath. Bate means 'to lessen the force of; moderate'. It comes from the same root as abate. It's pretty much fallen out of the lexicon except for this expression (as far as I'm aware) |