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Lifeline   /lˈaɪflˌaɪn/   Listen
Lifeline

noun
1.
A crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live.  Synonyms: life line, line of life.
2.
Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection).  "She offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
3.
Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver.
4.
Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.





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"Lifeline" Quotes from Famous Books



... you hear me say there was a horse and saddle and a room for me, and a room for Lily? 'Stay there!' Why for ever and ever more! That's home! When I got into trouble and called on Peter to throw a lifeline, he did it up browner than his job for Ma. A line was all I asked; but Peter established a regular Pertectorate—nobody can 'get' ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter
... encompassing many variables such as population densities and distribution characteristics; land-use patterns and construction techniques; geographical configurations; vulnerability of transportation; communications and other lifeline systems; complex response operations; long-term physical, social, and economic recovery policies. These factors, together with the realization that an earthquake has the potential for being the greatest single-event ...
— An Assessment of the Consequences and Preparations for a Catastrophic California Earthquake: Findings and Actions Taken • Various
... pull you in!" shouted Jack on the bank, as he clutched the lifeline and began to ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour - The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain • George A. Warren
... such a disaster meant certain death to the poor wretch if they did not go to the rescue. The terror of the blizzard was expressed in the significant words Ralph had uttered. Even these hardy men of the wild dared not venture beyond their door without the lifeline ...
— In the Brooding Wild • Ridgwell Cullum


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