'live on' definitions:

Definition of 'live on'

From: WordNet
verb
Continue to live through hardship or adversity; "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?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]

Synonyms of 'live on'

From: Moby Thesaurus