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

The study affirms the safety of joint replacements, which give millions around the world a new lease on life each year. — Mike McRae 31, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026

The Looney Tunes feature was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

The other, Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), is a less urgent effort to give multiple satellites a new lease on life and will close on its first target in about a year. — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

But it's now got a new lease on life, thanks to SONY Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for a new lease on life

• afterlife
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