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life story

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

everything that has happened to someone during their life: The last time you sat me next to Alberto I had to hear his whole life story!Types of film, play, book etc.
(Definition of life story noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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