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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.

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Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

"It's unbelievable to live through this today," San Juan resident Gloriany Baba told CBS, describing the conditions as "brutal".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

He also continued performing live through the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Everything we do and live through informs our actions.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

I wonder if he will live through the winter.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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