Definitions

live through

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come through v.
endure v.
hang tough v.
survive v.

VERB

come through

Synonyms

WEAK

endure persist pull through ride ride out survive weather storm withstand

Antonyms

WEAK

fail

VERB

endure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brave encounter experience face feel go through know ride out suffer sustain tolerate undergo weather withstand

STRONG

abide accustom allow brook countenance eat permit stand stick stomach support swallow take

WEAK

be patient with bear the brunt cope with grin and bear it hang in keep up live out meet with never say die put up with repress feelings resign oneself sit through stick it out subject to submit to take it take patiently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow halt hide refuse reject retreat run away stop surrender yield

STRONG

deny disapprove hold keep maintain oppose resist

WEAK

discontinue

VERB

hang tough

Synonyms

WEAK

be patient with bear bear the brunt brave cope with face go through grin and bear it gut it out hang in hang in there keep up live out meet with never say die put up with ride out sit through stand stick in there stick it out stomach suffer swallow take take it tough it out weather withstand

VERB

survive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bear endure exist get through handle keep last live recover remain ride out subsist suffer sustain weather withstand

STRONG

outlast outlive outwear persevere persist revive

WEAK

be extant be left carry on carry through come through cut it get on go all the way go the limit hold out keep afloat live down live on live out make a comeback make the cut pull out of it pull through remain alive see through stand up tough it out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depart die discontinue neglect refuse reject

STRONG

give up leave quit stop

WEAK

cease

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live through

“You don’t live through a disaster like this without forever thinking about the next disaster. ... It bothers a lot of us that the county doesn’t seem to share that vigilance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

"Before, I watched it on the television and thought 'My God! Those poor people!'. And now it's my turn to live through it," she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

I thought it would be so cool to live through a time of principles and protest, of country-changing upheaval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

live through

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