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Definition of For dear life
1. Adverb. As though your life was at stake. "He was running for dear life"
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Literary usage of For dear life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"... Street—Lord Chancellor Eldon—A Runaway Match—Southampton House—An old
Temple —Southampton Buildings—Flying for Dear Life—Jacob's Coffee House—Ridiculous ..."
2. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"... and his coat tail on fire, and those tongs and wrenches were up hi the air
struggling for dear life with that sheet iron furnace. ..."
3. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, Pioneer by James Pierson Beckwourth, Thomas D. Bonner, Charles Godfrey Leland (1892)
"Removal of our Rendezvous—Battle with our Friends, the Black Feet—A. Race for
dear Life—Great Victory over the ..."
4. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (1900)
"... TO BASOKO Houses—Gardens—Coffee—Rubber—Ivory—Another start—A struggle for dear
life—A great loss—Cannibals of the Upper ..."
5. The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803 by William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1900)
"... NB—No one ever conies from there '—Escape—A fervent prayer —A long conflict—Madame
decides to fly with Clem and Harry— for dear life—Safe at last. ..."
6. The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803 by William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1900)
"... XB—No one ever comes from there '—Escape—A fervent prayer —A long conflict—Madame
decides to fly with Clem and Harry— for dear life—Safe at last. ..."
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