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Meaning of live and die by | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Be completely reliant upon.

idiomatic

Examples

“The e-commerce industry lives and dies by metrics, a few of which give us some grasp over this phenomenon.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

live and learn live and let live live at Her Majesty's pleasure live beyond one's means live blog live blogged