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all one's born days

all one's born days noun: one's whole life.

Noun

all one's born days pl (plural only)

  1. (emphatic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) One's whole life.
    • I've never seen such an ugly man in all my born days.
    • He's lived in that cottage for all his born days .

Adverb

all one's born days (not comparable)

  1. (emphatic, idiomatic) For or throughout one's whole life.
    • He'd been a bachelor all his born days.

Forms of all one's born days

alternative formone's born days

Questions about all one's born days

What does all one's born days mean?
All one's born days means one's whole life.
What part of speech is all one's born days?
All one's born days can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near all one's born days in the dictionary

  1. all on a sudden
  2. all one
  3. all one likes
  4. all one wants
  5. all one word
  6. all one's born days
  7. all one's eggs in one basket
  8. all one's life is worth
  9. all one's life's worth
  10. all one's taste is in one's mouth
  11. all other things being equal

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