Idiom
live and die by
Meaning
Be completely reliant upon.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Professional traders live and die by the daily stock market numbers.”
“In this competitive industry, small startups often live and die by the success of their very first product launch.”
“The seasoned detective lived and died by his instincts, trusting his gut feeling even when the evidence pointed in an entirely different direction.”
Examples
simple
“Professional traders live and die by the daily stock market numbers.”
contextual
“In this competitive industry, small startups often live and die by the success of their very first product launch.”
complex
“The seasoned detective lived and died by his instincts, trusting his gut feeling even when the evidence pointed in an entirely different direction.”
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