For dear life
For dear life adverb - As though your life was at stake.
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Synonyms for For dear life
Hard and for dear life are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adverb phrase "For dear life".
Hard
Hard adverb - With great effort or determination.
For dear life and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "For dear life" instead an adverb "Hard".
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Shout-Out: There's plenty of these to Resident Evil 5: Alice jumping off an exploding rooftop while holding onto a cable for dear life could be seen as a Die Hard reference.
Source: Film / Resident Evil: Afterlife -
Villain Ball: Sanctus grabs this one hard, and holds on for dear life.
Source: Franchise / Devil May Cry
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