lifeline
Nouns
- (n) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live life line, line of life,
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(n) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
- the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin
- she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief
- (n) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
- (n) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning