to take one's (own) life (

  • 1take one's own life — verb To kill oneself; to commit suicide …

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  • 2take one's own life — commit suicide, kill oneself …

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  • 3To take one's own course — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …

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  • 4take one's life in one's hand — risk one s life, place one s own life in danger …

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  • 5take his own life — To commit suicide; to destroy one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. Dickerson v North Western Mot. L. Ins. Co. 200 111 270, 65 NE 694, affg 102 Ill App 280. Defined as it pertains to the applicability of a suicide clause in a life… …

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  • 6take your own life — phrase to kill yourself deliberately About a year ago, Carol tried to take her own life. Thesaurus: to kill yourselfhyponym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: life * * * take your own life …

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  • 7life — or get a life [līf] n. pl. lives [ME < OE līf, akin to ON líf, life, Ger leib, body < IE base * leibh , to LIVE1] 1. that property or quality of plants and animals that distinguishes them from inorganic matter or dead organisms; specif.,… …

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  • 8life — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact of existence Nouns 1. life, vitality, existence, being, living, animation, this mortal coil; vital force, flame, or spark, biorhythm; respiration, breath [of life], lifeblood, life force,… …

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  • 9life — /laɪf / (say luyf) noun (plural lives) 1. the condition which distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic objects and dead organisms. The distinguishing manifestations of life are: growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of… …

  • 10Take — Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or… …

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