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Bated breath
The phrase "bated breath" used in a sentence such as "Waiting for your answer with bated breath" is used to speak of a state where you almost stop breathing through fear, awe, extreme anticipation, or anxiety. Bated in this sense is a contraction of the word "abated" however when most people use the the phrase today they use a completely wrong word.
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