take own life



take one's own life

to kill oneself; to commit suicide. Bob tried to take his own life, but he was stopped in time. Later, he was sorry that he had tried to take his own life.
See also: life, own, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yaffe-Hebrew
FulkeFULKEnglish (Archaic)
Torgeir-Norwegian
GarretGER-it, GAR-itEnglish
Asbury['æzbəri]
Makarios-Late Greek