cradle-to-grave

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cradle-to-grave (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Spanning an entire lifetime, from birth to death.
    • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28:
      Politics should be a cradle-to-grave calling: anything else is mere distraction.
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