life off

English

Verb

life off (third-person singular simple present lifes off, present participle lifing off, simple past and past participle lifed off)

  1. (slang, UK) To sentence (someone) to life imprisonment.
    • 2012, Bill Bradley, Values of the Game‎[1], RosettaBooks, →ISBN:
      (As Mark Twain said, "Most of us can run pretty well all day long on one compliment.") By talking candidly about the problems of adolescence or the vagaries of the parent-child relationship, some high school coaches extend their reach to life off the court.
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