1 a line or rope thrown to rescue sb who is in difficulty in the water
2 a line attached to sb who goes deep under the sea
3 something that is very important for sb and that they depend on:
The extra payments are a lifeline for most single mothers.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lifeline is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is lifeline a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lifeline is tagged as noun.
Does lifeline appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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