live off

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live off
verbo transitivo con partícula
1vivir de (depend on)

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live off
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
1 (depend financially on) vivir a costa de; (support o.s. on) vivir de
he lives off his uncle vive a costa de su tío; she lives off the income from her investments vive de las rentas de sus inversiones
they live off the sweat of our backs
land
2 (eat) alimentarse de
we lived off nuts and berries mountain lions live off deer and elk they live off the scraps that other people throw away we're not going to live off the crumbs from their table

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clumsy, uncoordinated; slow, dim-witted