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nouna crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
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nounline that raises or lowers a deep-sea divertype of:
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nounline thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowningtype of:
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nounsupport that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)type of:
Examples of lifeline
- "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"
- "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"