stop breathing, hold the breath

to be suffocated, to breathe short or with difficulty

draw rein, stop one's horse

capture one's ground

bar, knock-off, obstruct, obviate

hold one's breath

close or obstruct a path, stop (someone) on the road

to bar or close the way (of), to stop, to close or block up a road or way, to molest (travellers)

prevent, withhold, keep back, desist (from), refrain (from)

return to one's senses, energy to restore, revive

live, exist

breathe one's last, die, expire