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A fresh start; renewed vigor and good health, as in Since they bought his store Dad has had a new lease on life . This term with its allusion to a rental agreement dates from the early 1800s and originally referred only to recovery from illness. By the mid-1800s it was applied to any kind of fresh beginning.

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