v. Function: verb
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Synonyms: OUTLIVE , outlast, outwear
2 to continue to exist or function in spite of a usually adverse condition or development FF1C; a company that managed to survive the recession FF1E;
Synonyms: come through, pull through, ride (out)
Related Words: carry on, carry through, continue, endure, last, persist; live down, outlast, outlive; recover, revive
Idioms: come out of it, live to fight again, make it through, ride out ( or weather) the storm
Contrasted Words: collapse, crash, fold, fold up, go down, go under; founder, sink; close (down), close up; bankrupt, bust
Antonyms: perish