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.
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These kids have given him a new lease on life.
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Now, its most iconic silhouettes from the archive are getting a new lease on life — just in time to the brand’s 120th anniversary.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Overlooked time and again, the 7-year-old black mouth cur mix has finally been given a new lease on life thanks to Lakeshore PAWS, a nonprofit animal rescue based in Valparaiso, Indiana.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
As a result, the Granite City Works mill got a new lease on life.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Now, its most iconic silhouettes from the archive are getting a new lease on life — just in time to the brand’s 120th anniversary.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Overlooked time and again, the 7-year-old black mouth cur mix has finally been given a new lease on life thanks to Lakeshore PAWS, a nonprofit animal rescue based in Valparaiso, Indiana.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
As a result, the Granite City Works mill got a new lease on life.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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“A new lease on life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20new%20lease%20on%20life. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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