a new lease on life

noun phrase

: a chance to continue living or to become successful or popular again

This medicine gives patients a new lease on life.

After the movie was made, the book got a new lease on life.

Examples of a new lease on life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But four years later, Rita is shocked when Emilia Pérez comes into her world, a woman with a new lease on life who is seeking redemption and a chance to reconnect with Jessi and their children. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024 Self-improvement will give you a new lease on life. —

Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024 The Showtime series has seemingly found a new lease on life after landing on Netflix, managing 1.9B minutes viewed, up about a million from the week prior. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 July 2024 Forecast in detail You will be forgiven if today feels like a new lease on life. —

David Streit, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for a new lease on life

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