for one's life en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Desperately
Basel continued to defend for their lives while occasionally threatening on the break.
2011 December 7, David Ornstein, “FC Basel 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
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(idiomatic, in the negative) Whatsoever, at all
No backup plan / And I can't sing for my life
2025, Fraxiom, “now 2”, performed by Food House:
Translations (3)
fi kuin henkensä edestä (extremely desperately) · pl za Boga (extremely desperately) · pl za skarby świata (extremely desperately)