take one's own life

idiom

: to kill oneself : to commit suicide
He threatened to take his own life, but no one believed him.

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“Take one's own life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20one%27s%20own%20life. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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