for life
English edit
Prepositional phrase edit
- For the rest of a person's life.
- Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life.
- Synonym: for dear life
Related terms edit
- (duration of life): lifelong, lifespan, lifetime
- (life versus death): life and limb, risk life and limb
Translations edit
for the rest of a person's life
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very fast or strenuously — see for one's life
References edit
- “for life”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “for life”, in Collins English Dictionary.