for one's life/for dear life
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Definition of for one's life/for dear life words
- phrase for one's life/for dear life If you say that someone does something for dear life or for their life, you mean that they do it using all their strength and effort because they are in a dangerous or urgent situation. 0
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Parts of speech for For one's life/for dear life
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
for one's life/for dear life popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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