Definitions
Emergency support or a line used for rescue.
Word origin
From life + line.
Used in a sentence
“The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.”
“Slowly I began to fill up some of the emptiness inside—writing had become my lifeline.”
“The Government has thrown a lifeline to Alstom's Derby Works, with an offer of an order for ten Class 345 nine-car electric multiple units (EMUs) for the Elizabeth line - but only if the 'price is right'.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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