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Definition of breeze verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

breeze

verb
 
/briːz/
 
/briːz/
[intransitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they breeze
 
/briːz/
 
/briːz/
he / she / it breezes
 
/ˈbriːzɪz/
 
/ˈbriːzɪz/
past simple breezed
 
/briːzd/
 
/briːzd/
past participle breezed
 
/briːzd/
 
/briːzd/
-ing form breezing
 
/ˈbriːzɪŋ/
 
/ˈbriːzɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. + adv./prep. to move in a cheerful and confident way in a particular direction
    • She just breezed in and asked me to help.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Old Spanish and Portuguese briza ‘NE wind’ (the original sense in English).
See breeze in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
perspective
noun
 
 
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