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for dear life

adv

Definitions

  1. Desperately.

    • Paolo sat crosslegged on his bench, stitching away for dear life.
    • After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for for dear life. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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