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	Pronounced	Usage
Thurston	['θə:stən]
Gerlinde	ger-LIN-də (German), kher-LIN-də (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Anil	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Eda	['i:də]
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Jeannette	zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English)	French, English, Dutch