breather• She is playing her five starters almost exclusively, putting in B and Sandie just long enough to give some one a breather.• Members of political action committees might have hoped for a little breather before being hit up again for money.• In March, Northampton won a two-month breather from a winding-up order on more than £13,000 owed to a printingfirm.• With publishers taking a slightbreather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slowseason for books.