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.
See also: live

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.
See also: live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JerÓNimohe-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
KordKAWRTGerman
KimberlynKIM-bər-linEnglish (Rare)