Meanings
- idiomaticsimileDesperately.
With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.
2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish henkensä edestä
- henkensä edestädesperately
French comme si sa vie en dépendait
- comme si sa vie en dépendaitdesperately
Hungarian mintha az élete múlna rajta
- mintha az élete múlna rajtadesperately
Polish jakby od tego zależało życie
- jakby od tego zależało życiedesperately
Spanish como si su vida dependiera de ello
- como si su vida dependiera de ellodesperately
Turkish hayatı buna bağlıymış gibi
- hayatı buna bağlıymış gibidesperately
Cite this entry
like one's life depended on it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20one's%20life%20depended%20on%20it
“like one's life depended on it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20one's%20life%20depended%20on%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like one's life depended on it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20one's%20life%20depended%20on%20it.
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