Meaning of lose one's life | Babel Free

Definitions

To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.

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Examples

“The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us, there have been six rebellions raised on that account; wherein one emperor lost his life.”

“I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.”

““[H]is own wife lost her life with an accident that come to a horse that hadn't room to turn right with a harrow between the bush and the wall.””

““Do you think, Sir, that you could possibly send me on some mission for the paper? . . . anything that had adventure and danger in it. . . .” “You seem very anxious to lose your life.””

“[E]nemy fighters killed 2,320 of the troops who lost their lives in Iraq through December 2.”

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