for life

Meaning

For the rest of a person's life.

Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life.
Synonym: for dear life

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

permanently forever indefinitely ad infinitum

Related terms

lifetime lifespan lifelong life and limb risk life and limb

Examples

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Baltasar Gracián

Stuff happens when you are a kid, it scars you inside for life. Corey Haim

Better to be queen for an hour than a countess for life. Portuguese Proverb

Make a garden or plant, and a man is happy for life. American Proverb

If your friend becomes your enemy, he will be your enemy for life. Yiddish Proverb

Words in the phrase

for life

Close letter words and terms

for laughs for learning for letters for lightspeed for little or nothing for long