the life to come

noun phrase

: a life that is believed by some people to come after death
He believed that he would see his family again in the life to come.

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“The life to come.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20life%20to%20come. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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