“someone's life”

The following 16 entries include the term someone's life.

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an attempt on someone's life

idiom

: an act of trying to kill someone : a usually unsuccessful effort to kill someone

claim someone's life

idiom

: to cause someone's death

in all someone's life

idiom

: at any time

make an attempt on (someone's) life

idiom

: to try to kill someone

never in someone's life

idiom

: at no time

of someone's life

idiom

used to designate something as the greatest moment or event of its kind in someone's life

save someone's life

idiom

: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed : to rescue (someone) who is in terrible danger

shock of someone's life

idiom

: a very unpleasant surprise

someone's life depends on (something)

idiom

used to say that something is very important or essential often used in negative statements

spare someone's life

idiom

: to choose not to kill someone

take someone's life

idiom

: to cause someone's death

the light of someone's life

idiom

: a person someone loves very much and who makes him or her happy

the love of someone's life

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: the person someone loves more than any other person at any time in life

the story of someone's life

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: the way things usually or always happen in someone's life

thrill of someone's life

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: an experience that is very exciting

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