to change someone's life
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3.0
- phrasal verb
:
cambiar la vida de alguien
- Volunteering to mentor a young student can change someone's life completely.
She said, Ashley, your body is going to change someone's life and you have to finish what you started.
- She said, Ashley, your body is going to change someone's life and you have to finish what you started.
Examples
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You're changing your life, you're trying to find a job that fits you.
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Your story is amazing, and know that you are changing many people's lives.
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That moment had changed my life.
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This will change your life.
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A good teacher can change students' lives, but sometimes it works the other way around.
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But he wanted to be more directly involved in changing people's lives.
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Thank you again for such a wonderful product! It has changed my mom's life and definitely mine!
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One of my songs actually changed someone's life, or so she said.
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By doing this, you're going to change someone's life as well.
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"But don't underestimate—really don't underestimate—the potential you have to change these entrepreneurs' lives going forward."
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Synonyms
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3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
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2.2
To change how people and things think, act, or develop
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2.8
Cause a clear, positive change in a situation or person
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3.4
To have a strong effect on someone or something
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3.4
To make a big positive difference to people's lives
To make a clear change in a situation or result
Antonyms
How Transformed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'change' (to alter) acting on 'someone's life' (their existence/experiences) yields 'to have a significant effect on a person's life.' This is a literal, compositional verb + object construction that is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
Change someone's life comes from the image of a long road called a life. Moving someone onto a new road changes where they go and what they see, so change someone's life means 'to make a big, lasting change' in someone's situation or future.