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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vaughn	VAWN	Welsh, English
Madhuri	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada
Isidorus	-	Late Roman
Dymphna	DIMF-na	Irish
Alexandria	[ælig'za:ndriə]
Maximiliano	mahk-see-mee-LYAH-no (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese