give (one's) life

give (one's) life

To die or devote one's entire life for a cause (often saving someone else or defending a particular belief). Are you willing to give your life for your family if the insurgents reach our house? She gave her life to helping the poor.
See also: give, life
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mix business with pleasure
  • sunny
  • look on the sunny side (of life/things)
  • cannot for the life of me/him/her/us/them
  • can't for the life of me
  • take (one's or someone's) life in(to) (one's) (own) hands
  • take life in hands
  • take your life in your hands
  • the light of (one's) life
  • the light of your life