lifeline

throw (one) a lifeline

To give someone help or a means of dealing with a problematic or dangerous situation, especially if they are desperate or are unlikely to succeed on their own. The 12-month grace period is the IRS throwing companies and individuals whose taxes are in arrears a lifeline. I could see that he was really upset about being late to the appointment, so I threw him a lifeline and rescheduled him for later that day.
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throw a lifeline to (someone)

To give someone help or a means of dealing with a problematic or dangerous situation, especially if they are desperate or are unlikely to succeed on their own. The 12-month grace period is the IRS throwing a lifeline to companies and individuals whose taxes are in arrears.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

throw a lifeline to (or throw someone a lifeline)

provide someone with a means of escaping from a difficult situation.
See also: lifeline, throw
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • throw (one) a lifeline
  • throw a lifeline to
  • throw a lifeline to (someone)
  • land up in (something)
  • pull the rug
  • pull the rug (out) from under (someone)
  • pull the rug (out) from under (someone's) feet
  • pull the rug from under
  • pull the rug from under someone/something
  • pull the rug out
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The Lifeline Program is a life settlement provider in Atlanta, Ga.
THE LIFELINE PROGRAM LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
LifeLine's team also found it difficult to maintain operational focus as it continued to produce two very different products.
Turning around the grain train: by installing a new top-of-the-line milling system and maintaining a zero-waste food and ethanol processing method, LifeLine Foods in St. Joseph, Mo., is on its way to becoming one of the country's premier corn milling facilities
To illustrate his point, Gatchalian explained that lifeline rates - a subsidy for those consuming less than 100 kilowatt hour (kWh) per month - are already being implemented.
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The Lifeline programme was created as part of the 1984 Telecommunications Act to help low-income American households obtain voice and data connectivity services needed to participate and function a digital world.
KonaTel Acquires IM Telecom to Strengthen Position as FCC-Approved Wireless Lifeline Provider
LifeLine Operations Manager Casey Housman was especially concerned about worker safety: "We needed a new pack line.
New bagging line brings worker safety, more business
"Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we're delighted to help deserving organizations like Pawmetto Lifeline make a difference in the lives of dogs and people in their communities," Grey Muzzle executive director Lisa Lunghofer said.
Pawmetto Lifeline receives $7,500 grant
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday evening that the MV Lifeline defied "all the rules and the Libyan coastguard" and "played into the hands of smugglers" when it picked up hundreds of migrants off the Libyan coast last week, according to France's AFP news agency.
Lifeline migrant rescue ship 'not allowed' to dock in Malta
On Thursday, Toninelli said the Italian coastguard would pick up the 224 migrants, including 14 women and four small children, from Lifeline because it was too dangerous for the 32-metre vessel to travel to the Netherlands with so many on board.
Italy asks Malta to take in, seize migrant rescue ship
Bajaj Finserv, India's most diversified financial service company has launched a special video celebrating its nine months' association with Impact India Foundation's Lifeline Express.
Impact India Foundation's lifeline express treats 12 lakh lives since inception
Neverwhere runs May 25 u July 15 at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N.
Streamwood Native Aly Renee Amidei Costume Designer for Lifeline Theatre's "Neverwhere"
Under the proposal, the FCC would no longer allow resellers to participate in the Lifeline program.
FCC Proposes Limiting Program That Provides Internet To Low-Income Americans
However, two days after the post went up, LifeLine announced that Velcro Helena had found a new home.
'Velcro dog' finds new home after getting returned for being 'too nice'
Jack Needham, 86, a retired car mechanic from Shepshed, is one of the first Lifeline customers to use a new fall detector which raises the alarm if he takes a tumble at his home.
Shepshed family says Lifeline gadget 'worth its weight in gold'
THE Belfast Trust is to take over Northern Ireland's Lifeline for people in distress and despair.
Health Trust bosses take over running of Lifeline