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Verbs
(v)survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outcontinue 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”
(v)survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make itcontinue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)“He survived the cancer against all odds”