live through

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

It reflects exactly where we are: a generation unafraid to play, nostalgic for an era we didn’t live through but desperately want to recreate.

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"But the protest embodies an idea. And ideas live through decades, through centuries."

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“This team is more talented, but they’re just young. It’s just guys who haven’t played before. There are certain mistakes you have to live through.”

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“Two innocent children were brutally murdered, and their young brothers were left to live through unimaginable horror.”

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“It’s just guys who haven’t played before. There are certain mistakes you have to live through.”

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Related Words

• bear 
• endure 
• exist 
• get through 
• handle 
• keep 
• last 
• live 
• recover 
• remain 
• ride out 
• subsist 
• suffer 
• sustain 
• weather 
• withstand