An opportunity to live longer than was expected, due to some kind of reprieve.
The heart transplant has given him a new lease of life.
“Thanks. I get a bit worried about my one remaining rescue girls as have lost the other three from her rescue but having new girls to boss around seems to be giving her a new lease of life 😅”
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(figuratively) An opportunity for an improved quality of life, due to some change in circumstances.
The facelift proposed for the old theatre may well give it a new lease of life.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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