Live On (Verb)
Meaning
Continue to live and avoid dying; "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?" "One crash victim died, the other lived".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- People who are stranded in the wilderness often have to live on berries and stream water for weeks at a time.
- A person can live on without food for several weeks if they have access to clean water.
- She learned to live on very little sleep in order to meet the demanding requirements of her work.
- He managed to live on for another two years despite the doctors' prognosis that he would not survive the illness.
- After being lost in the desert for a week, the survivor was amazed that she was able to live on nothing but cactus water and a few pieces of fruit.