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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


Words linked to "Lifeline" :   line of life, seam, support, crinkle, line, furrow, crease, ridge rope, wrinkle


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