Idiom
sell one's life dearly
Meaning
To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The trapped soldier decided to sell his life dearly.”
“Outnumbered and cornered, the captain fought with everything he had to sell his life dearly.”
“Facing an overwhelming force, the last defenders resolved to sell their lives dearly, ensuring their final stand would be remembered for generations.”
Examples
simple
“The trapped soldier decided to sell his life dearly.”
contextual
“Outnumbered and cornered, the captain fought with everything he had to sell his life dearly.”
complex
“Facing an overwhelming force, the last defenders resolved to sell their lives dearly, ensuring their final stand would be remembered for generations.”
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