"of a lifetime" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} of a lifetime, {{en-PP}} of a lifetime
  1. That is the best one can expect to ever encounter. Synonyms: once-in-a-lifetime Translations (Translations): du siècle (French)
    Sense id: en-of_a_lifetime-en-prep_phrase-Zk1GlSWX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Finnish links with redundant wikilinks

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