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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live through

He also continued performing live through the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

"I fear tomorrow. I fear the person I will be tomorrow. Today, I survive somehow, but how will I get through tomorrow? That is the real question. Will I even live through tomorrow?"

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Everything we do and live through informs our actions.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

"I don't believe it's possible to change the regime in the current situation. Any resistance from below will be crushed. I just hope we, simply physically, live through this."

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

It was astonishing, really, what people could live through.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

Related Words

• bear
• endure
• exist
• get through
• handle
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• subsist
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• weather
• withstand