live on

/lɪv ɑn/
/lɪv ɒn/
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Other forms: lived on; living on

Definitions of live on
  1. verb
    continue to live through hardship or adversity
    synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, survive
    be, live
    have life, be alive
    exist, live, subsist, survive
    support oneself
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    types:
    hold up, hold water, stand up
    resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
    perennate
    survive from season to season, of plants
    live out
    live out one's life; live to the end
Pronunciation
US
/lɪv ɑn/
UK
/lɪv ɒn/
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