Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

as if one's life depended on it

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: as if one's life de-pend-ed on it
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of like one's life depended on it.

Example Sentences

"[…]I'm experiencing a major-league anxiety attack, searching my pockets for Valium, Xanax, a leftover Halcion, anything, and all I find are three faded Nuprin in a Gucci pill-box, so I pop all three into my mouth and swallow them down with a Diet Pepsi and I couldn’t tell you where it came from if my life depended on it."
"More minutes drifted by. Pierrot had another chance - and missed. At one point the ball fell to Andy Robertson and instead of taking his time and clearing, he hoofed it away as if his life depended on it. His football life, for sure."

Questions

What does as if one's life depended on it mean?: Alternative form of like one's life depended on it.

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