live through

Idioms  

1. Endure, survive. This idiom is used both seriously, as in Those who have lived through a depression never forget what it was like, or hyperbolically, as in That speech was endless—I thought I'd never live through it.

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live through

"You live through that every day, if only I asked for a second opinion, the outcome could have been different."

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

Everything we do and live through informs our actions.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

"I don't believe it's possible to change the regime in the current situation. Any resistance from below will be crushed. I just hope we, simply physically, live through this."

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

“And the reality is I just got to live through all of it firsthand — alive and kicking! I can’t imagine a more lovely reaction to what happened.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

I didn’t think I could live through that humiliation.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

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