verb
continue to exist
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These stories die hard
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The legend of Elvis endures
• Derivationally related forms: ↑diehard, ↑persistent (for: ↑persist), ↑prevalence (for: ↑prevail), ↑prevalent (for: ↑prevail)
• Hypernyms: ↑continue
• Hyponyms: ↑carry over, ↑reverberate
• Verb Group: ↑run
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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phrasal1. : to be long in dying as if struggling against death or destruction
such rumors die hard
2. : to fight a hopeless fight : continue resistance against hopeless odds
hard-shell conservatism dies hard
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die hard
1. To struggle hard against death, to be long in dying
2. To be difficult to suppress, eradicate, or persuade
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Main Entry: ↑die
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die hard see under ↑die1
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Main Entry: ↑hard
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disappear or change very slowly
old habits die hard
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die hard
: to take a long time to die or end : to continue for a long time
Such rumors die hard.
That kind of determination dies hard.
— see also ↑die-hard
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Main Entry: ↑die
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Main Entry: ↑hard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.