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English verb: live on | |||
| 1. | live on (stative) continue to live through hardship or adversity | ||
| Samples | We went without water and food for 3 days. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America. The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents. How long can a person last without food and water?. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to live on | ||
| Synonyms | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, survive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hold up, hold water, live out, perennate, stand up | ||
| Entail | be, live | ||
| Verb group | be, exist, live, live, subsist, survive | ||
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