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View synonyms for life-and-death
life-and-death
[ lahyf-uhn-deth ]
adjective
- ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important:
The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of life-and-death1
First recorded in 1680–90
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Idioms and Phrases
see matter of life and death .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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