Antonyms for lifeline
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahyf-lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn |
Definition of lifeline
Origin :- also life-line, 1700, "rope used somehow to save lives," from life (n.) + line (n.); figurative sense first attested 1860. Sense in palmistry from 1890.
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- I thought at least she would see my initials all over your lifeline.
- Extract from : « The Twelfth Hour » by Ada Leverson
- “Give her the once over and throw out the lifeline,” Jimmie said.
- Extract from : « Turn About Eleanor » by Ethel M. Kelley
- Ten months of siege followed as Grant methodically cut the Confederate 39 lifeline.
- Extract from : « Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia » by Francis F. Wilshin
- She wakes with a tearing start from the gray dreams of death that fill her lifeline.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- Half my memories were doubled, half my lifeline crooked and twisted, three new moles upon my sword-hand.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- Occasionally a lifeline was rigged along the well deck to the poop quarters, a by no means unnecessary precaution.
- Extract from : « Five Months on a German Raider » by Frederic George Trayes
- A cheer burst from the throats of the Boy Scouts as they tailed on the lifeline, and walked backward from the tree with it.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts On The Range » by Lieut. Howard Payson
- Even these hardy men of the wild dared not venture beyond their door without the lifeline which was always kept handy.
- Extract from : « In the Brooding Wild » by Ridgwell Cullum
Synonyms for lifeline
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