- for dear (or one's) life
- for dear (or one's) lifeas if or in order to escape death.→ life
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for dear (or one's) life
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for dear life — adverb as though your life was at stake he was running for dear life * * * DESPERATELY, with all one s might, with might and main, for all one is worth, as fast/hard as possible, like the devil. → life * * * adverb : so as to save or as if trying … Useful english dictionary
for dear life — we held on to the rope for dear life Syn: desperately, with all one s might, for all one is worth, as fast/hard as possible, like the devil … Thesaurus of popular words
for dear life — as though afraid of losing one s life The mountain climber held on to the rock for dear life as he waited for someone to rescue him … Idioms and examples
life — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. 2 a living things and their activity (insect life;… … Useful english dictionary
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life — noun (plural lives) 1》 the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. ↘living things and their activity. 2》 the… … English new terms dictionary
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