Usually means: Difficulty in breathing or inhaling.
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  1. short of breath: Merriam-Webster
  2. short of breath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. short of breath: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. short of breath: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (short of breath)

adjective:  Short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.

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