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change of life

American  

noun

  1. menopause.


change of life British  

noun

  1. a nontechnical name for menopause

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

change of life Idioms  
  1. Also, the change. Menopause. For example, After nine pregnancies, she was actually looking forward to the change of life, or She became quite moody during the change. [c. 1820]


Etymology

Origin of change of life

First recorded in 1825–35

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“When Mad accepted me, that was a change of life, a change of mind, a change of everything. Somebody liked what I did,” Aragonés says.

From Washington Post Oct. 2, 2022

"It's a change of life for me. I wouldn't have had anything like this before," he says.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2019

“It’s not much of a change of life style, as we have lived separate lives for many years,” he wrote.

From The New Yorker Feb. 5, 2017

“It was a change of life, a change in our country’s direction,” he said.

From Washington Times Jan. 9, 2017

Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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