In lifelong travel, a codger collapsed (6-2-5)

I believe the answer is:

cradle-to-grave

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'in lifelong' is the definition.
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'travel a codger collapsed' is the wordplay.
'collapsed' is an anagram indicator.
'travel'+'a'+'codger'='travelacodger'
'travelacodger' is an anagram of 'CRADLE-TO-GRAVE'.

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