"for life" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for life, {{en-PP}} for life
  1. For the rest of a person's life. Related terms (duration of life): lifelong, lifespan, lifetime Related terms (life versus death): life and limb, risk life and limb Translations (for the rest of a person's life): διὰ βίου (dià bíou) (Ancient Greek), de per vida (Catalan), loppuiäksi (Finnish), loppuelämäksi (Finnish), à vie (French), fürs Leben (German), δια βίου (dia víou) (Greek), a vita (Italian), na całe życie (Polish), pe viață (Romanian), am oes (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-for_life-en-prep_phrase-eVRoJwkv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'duration of life': 56 44 Disambiguation of 'life versus death': 56 44 Disambiguation of "for the rest of a person's life": 96 4
  2. Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life. Synonyms: for dear life
    Sense id: en-for_life-en-prep_phrase-Gs~FZPlm

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