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If somebody lives through something they experience a difficult or dangerous time, situation or event and survive it.
Examples of use:
1. My grandparents lived through The Second World War. It was a very difficult time but they survived.
2. We have lived through two recessions.
| infinitive | live through |
| present simple | live through and lives through |
| -ing form | living through |
| past simple | lived through |
| past participle | lived through |
The WW2 People's War website from the BBC has an archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images sent in by people who lived through WW2.
Have you lived through a difficult time or situation?
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb 'live through' in a sentence?
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