live through
phrasal verb
lived through; living through; lives through
1
: to survive (an experience, a troubling time, etc.) : to endure
If I can live through this, I can live through anything.
2
US, sometimes disapproving
: to enjoy the experiences and achievements of (another person) instead of one's own experiences and achievements
She can't live through her daughter.
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Season 2 of Tulsa King ended with Max Casella’s character, Armand Truisi, going through a divorce, something the actor has lived through.
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
The shift came when younger people who hadn’t lived through it were coming to the story with just the facts.
—Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
Anyone old enough to have lived through the mayhem and economic decline of the 1970s probably will recall the tax cut heard round the world.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
This is the closest thing to the Holocaust that any of us have lived through.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
The shift came when younger people who hadn’t lived through it were coming to the story with just the facts.
—Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
Anyone old enough to have lived through the mayhem and economic decline of the 1970s probably will recall the tax cut heard round the world.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
This is the closest thing to the Holocaust that any of us have lived through.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for live through
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“Live through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20through. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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