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Phrase(s): breathe a sigh of relief
1. Lit. to sigh in a way that signals one’s relief that something has come to an end. • At the end of the contest, we all breathed a sigh of relief. 2. Fig. to express relief that something has ended. • With the contract finally signed, we breathed a sigh of relief as we drank a toast in celebration.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs