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Synonyms

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.

Example Sentences

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But again, he doesn’t even mention why — that I can live through that and still work seven days a week.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

"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

He said, up until now, he could live through a projected near double-digit decline in revenue, given the momentum of the launch of oral Wegovy as well as his belief that the guidance was conservative.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Not all of us would have liked to live through it, but there’s no small amount of pleasure in reading about it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

She told Etty she wanted now, and later, to live through her desolation by herself and be left to rebuild her life as well as she could without Charles.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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