live on

live on
verb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
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We went without water and food for 3 days

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These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America

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The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents

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how long can a person last without food and water?

Syn:
survive, ↑last, ↑live, ↑go, ↑endure, ↑hold up, ↑hold out
Derivationally related forms: ↑endurance (for: ↑endure), ↑survival (for: ↑survive)
Hyponyms: ↑stand up, ↑hold up, ↑hold water, ↑perennate, ↑live out
Verb Group: ↑be, ↑live, ↑exist, ↑survive, ↑subsist
Entailment: ↑be, ↑live
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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The business is going to live on

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live on [phrasal verb]
1 : to continue to exist

His legend lives on.

2 live on (something)
2 a : to have or use (an amount of money) to pay for the things that you need to live

You can't live on this salary. [=this salary does not provide enough money for food, shelter, etc.]

2 b : to have (a particular food) as the only or main food that you eat

They lived mainly/mostly on fruits and berries.

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Main Entry:live

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ˌlive ˈon derived
to continue to live or exist

She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.

He lived on for fifteen years after his wife died.

Main entry:livederived

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