like one's life depended on it

English

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Prepositional phrase

like one's life depended on it

1. (idiomatic) desperately
   • 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

desperately

• French: comme si sa vie en dépendait (fr)
• Hungarian: mintha az élete múlna rajta
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• Spanish: como si no hubiera un mañana