Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

live and die by

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: live and die -by
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Be completely reliant upon.

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

lives and dies by (present, singular) living and dying by (participle, present) lived and died by (participle, past) lived and died by (past)

Questions

What does live and die by mean?: Be completely reliant upon.

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