[VP; usu. pfv]
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1. lit [subj: human]
⇒ (of a person who had a great impact on society, intellectual life etc) to retain significance and be remembered after death:
- X переживет себя{{}}≈ X will live on (in peopled memories);
- X will not be forgotten.
2. [subj: human or abstr]
⇒ (of a person) to lose significance during one's own lifetime; (of an idea, method etc) to become dated:
- X пережил себя{{}}≈ X has outlived his (its) usefulness;
- X has had his (its) day;
- person X has become a has-been;
- thing X has become passe.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.