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live through

live through verb: to survive a difficult period or event.

Verb

live through (third-person singular simple present lives through, present participle living through, simple past and past participle lived through)

  1. To survive a difficult period or event
    • My grandfather lived through the Great Depression.

Forms of live through

third-person singular presentlives through
present participleliving through
past participlelived through
pastlived through

Questions about live through

What does live through mean?
Live through means to survive a difficult period or event.
What part of speech is live through?
Live through is a verb.
What is the past tense of live through?
The past tense of live through is lived through.

Words near live through in the dictionary

  1. live streamers
  2. live streaming
  3. live streams
  4. live tally
  5. live the dream
  6. live through
  7. live time
  8. live times
  9. live to fight another day
  10. live to regret
  11. live to tell the tale

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