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
Marlies-German, Dutch
MÁEl Sechnaill-Ancient Irish
CrystalKRIS-təlEnglish
Shotasho:-tahJapanese
Gavriilgah-vree-EEL (Russian)Russian, Greek
Zaxaria-Old Church Slavic