lifeline
English
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[edit]lifeline (plural lifelines)
- A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
- 2012, Melissa Rycroft, My Reality, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.
- 2024 May 1, Mel Holley, “Network News: Elizabeth line '345s' offer a lifeline for Derby Works”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 8:
- 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'.
- A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
- 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
- It is no real surprise that half the UK's stations and 5,000 miles of route were recommended to close. Nevertheless, some great mistakes were made in Marples' devil-may-care purge that left commuters stranded and seaside resorts without a lifeline.
- (engineering) A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
- (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
- Synonym: jackstay
- (underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
- Synonym: tether
- (palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.
- Synonym: line of life
Descendants
[edit]- → Japanese: ライフライン (raifurain)
Translations
[edit]line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling
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means of salvation in a crisis
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means or route for transporting indispensable supplies
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system of vital importance
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safety line on the deck of a boat
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(palmistry) crease in the palm — see also line of life
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