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live through

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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RELATED WORDS

handle, withstand, last, recover, remain, bear, keep, live, weather, exist, endure, sustain, subsist, suffer, brave, undergo, feel, tolerate, experience, face

Nearby words

live on borrowed time, live on the edge, live out, live spindle, live steam, live through, live together, live trap, live up, live up to, live vaccine
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.