(someone's life)

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• take someone's life — To kill someone • • • Main Entry: ↑life * * * take someone’s life phrase to kill someone The earthquake took 26 lives and injured over 60. Thesaurus: to kill a person or animalsynonym to kill yourself …   Useful english dictionary

• make someone's life a misery — make someone’s life a misery phrase to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period He had harassed her and made her life a misery. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: misery * * * make someone s… …   Useful english dictionary

• an attempt on someone's life — an act of trying to kill someone : a usually unsuccessful effort to kill someone Police report that there has been an attempt on the actor s life. Someone made an attempt on her life. [=someone tried to kill her] • • • Main Entry: ↑attempt …   Useful english dictionary

• turn someone's life upside down — turn someone’s life/world/upside down phrase to change someone’s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting My world has been turned upside down by this disease. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or… …   Useful english dictionary

• take/claim someone's life — to cause someone s death Two years ago he was diagnosed with the illness that eventually took his life. The flood claimed many lives. [=caused the deaths of many people] • • • Main Entry: ↑life …   Useful english dictionary

• terminate someone's life at his request — end someone s life at his bequest, end someone s life because that person asks you to do so …   English contemporary dictionary

• (the) story of someone's life — the story of (someone s) life something that repeatedly happens to someone. She s involved with another guy who says he s going to divorce his wife soon that s the story of her life …   New idioms dictionary

• run someone's life — run someone’s life informal phrase to keep telling someone what they should do in a way that is annoying Mum, will you stop trying to run my life! Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym Main entry: run …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) light of someone's life — the light of someone’s life phrase the person that someone loves most Thesaurus: someone who is loved or lovessynonym Main entry: light …   Useful english dictionary

• be the light of someone's life — be the light of (someone s) life to be the person you love most. My daughter is the light of my life …   New idioms dictionary

• the light of someone's life — ► the light of someone s life a much loved person. Main Entry: ↑light …   English terms dictionary