for life

English

Prepositional phrase

for life

1. For the rest of a person's life.
2. Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life.

   Synonym: for dear life

Related terms

• (duration of life): lifelong, lifespan, lifetime
• (life versus death): life and limb, risk life and limb

Translations

for the rest of a person's life

• Catalan: de per vida (ca)
• Finnish: loppuiäksi, loppuelämäksi
• French: à vie (fr)
• German: fürs Leben
• Greek: δια βίου (el) (dia víou)

  Ancient: διὰ βίου (dià bíou)

• Italian: a vita
• Polish: na całe życie
• Romanian: pe viață
• Russian: на всю жизнь (na vsju žiznʹ)
• Welsh: am oes

very fast or strenuously — see for one's life

References

• “for life”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “for life”, in Collins English Dictionary.