give sb/sth a new lease of life

UK (also US give sb/sth a new lease on life)

Definition

› to make someone feel happy or healthy after a period of illness or sadness: The operation has given her a new lease of life. › to improve something that was old so that it works much better

(Definition of give sb/sth a new lease of life from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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