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Softly, in an undertone or whisper, as in “I can't stand one more minute of that music,” she muttered under her breath . This idiom, first recorded in 1832, is probably a hyperbole, alluding to a sound that is softer than breathing.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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