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live through
live through something
to endure something; to survive an unpleasant or dangerous time of one's life. I almost did not live through the operation. I know I can't live through another attack.
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
JerÓNimo | | he-RO-nee-mo (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Maja (1) | | MIE-ah (German, Polish) | Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish |
Paris (1) | | PER-is (English), PAR-is (English) | Greek Mythology |
ĽUba | | - | Slovak |
Kord | | KAWRT | German |
Kimberlyn | | KIM-bər-lin | English (Rare) |