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Aside: "bated" breath. It's one of those anachronistic words that's only survived by hiding in an idiom.
by pessimizer 3y ago
Aside: "bated" breath. It's one of those anachronistic words that's only survived by hiding in an idiom.
- klysm 3y agoI was thinking about words like this the other day - words that only occur in regular usage within a phrase. Such words sound odd when they aren’t used in their phrase. Of course I can’t think of any examples right now though
- antonvs 3y agoIt's an abbreviation of "abated", though, which is still in use.