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Meaning 1
For the rest of a person's life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
for life
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Meaning 2
Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for dear life
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: de per vida — for the rest of a person's life
- Finnish: loppuiäksi — for the rest of a person's life
- Finnish: loppuelämäksi — for the rest of a person's life
- French: à vie — for the rest of a person's life
- French: pour la vie — for the rest of a person's life
- German: fürs Leben — for the rest of a person's life
- Greek: δια βίου (dia víou) — for the rest of a person's life
- Ancient Greek: διὰ βίου (dià bíou) — for the rest of a person's life
- Hindi: आजीवन (ājīvan) — for the rest of a person's life
- Italian: a vita — for the rest of a person's life
- Polish: na całe życie — for the rest of a person's life
- Romanian: pe viață — for the rest of a person's life
- Russian: на всю жизнь (na vsju žiznʹ) — for the rest of a person's life
- Russian: пожизненно (požiznenno) — for the rest of a person's life
- Welsh: am oes — for the rest of a person's life