live on

1. Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on . [Mid-1600s]

2. Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years .

3. Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death .

Example Sentences

I'd love to have children and live on a beach somewhere.

From BBC

He was left with little choice but to live on his savings and cash in his private pension.

From BBC

But university student Kirsty Holpin, who lives with her grandmother and drives to lectures each day, says only two of her course mates actually live on campus.

From BBC

In a report this year, the World Bank estimated that more than a third of the population live on less than $2.15 per day.

From BBC

“It’s just the loveliest thought, isn’t it, that they live on and exist within us,” says Al-Shamahi.

From Los Angeles Times

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