a new lease on life

noun phrase

US

: 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

Lloyd’s character was given a new lease on life years ago by Isaac, who created a machine that suspends Orloff’s head in liquid and supports its life without his body. —Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

Thanks to writers Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, however, Chip ‘n Dale got a new lease on life as detectives, of all things. —Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Hoover left the show with a new lease on life — and a new love. —Emy Lacroix, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025

By all accounts, this should have been the end of the Rosebank story, but rather than fade into the whisky history books, Rosebank was given a new lease on life. —Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for a new lease on life

• afterlife
• pocketknife
• alewife
• birdlife
• folklife
• housewife
• jackknife
• loosestrife
• midlife
• midwife
• nightlife
• penknife