Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for one's life

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: for one's life
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

prep_phrase

Whatsoever, at all

Example Sentences

"Basel continued to defend for their lives while occasionally threatening on the break."
"No backup plan / And I can't sing for my life"

Questions

What does for one's life mean?: Desperately

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