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Meaning of life of its own | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An independent existence with some characteristics of life.

idiomatic

Examples

“take on a life of its own”
“Sartre rejects the notion that an imagined character possesses, in any rational sense, "a life of its own".”
“[…], information takes on not only a speed of its own, but a life of its own.”
“A massive hangover with a life of its own kept Fess pinned to his bed most of Sunday.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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