to sacrifice one's life
1lay down one's life — {v. phr.} To sacrifice one s life for a cause or person; suffer martyrdom. * /The early Christians often laid down their lives for their faith./ …
2lay down one's life — {v. phr.} To sacrifice one s life for a cause or person; suffer martyrdom. * /The early Christians often laid down their lives for their faith./ …
3lay\ down\ one's\ life — v. phr. To sacrifice one s life for a cause or person; suffer martyrdom. The early Christians often laid down their lives for their faith …
4sacrifice his whole life to — fight for (something) during one s entire lifetime …
5give one's life — 1 he would give his life for her: DIE (TO SAVE), lay down one s life, sacrifice oneself, offer one s life. 2 he gave his life to the company: DEDICATE ONESELF, devote oneself, give oneself, surrender oneself. → life …
6To sell one's life dearly — Sell Sell (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold} (s[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[ a]lja… …
7give one's life — 1) he would give his life for her Syn: die for, lay down one s life for, sacrifice oneself for, offer one s life for, die to save 2) he gave his life to the company Syn: dedicate oneself, devote oneself, give oneself, surrender oneself …
8at the expense of one's life — at the sacrifice of one s life, to the detriment of one s life …
9Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice …
10life — [ laıf ] (plural lives [ laıvz ] ) noun *** ▸ 1 time from birth to death ▸ 2 way of living, experience ▸ 3 state of being alive ▸ 4 living things ▸ 5 time something exists/lasts ▸ 6 activity/excitement ▸ 7 in games ▸ 8 life imprisonment ▸ +… …
