live off

verb

To depend on financially.

“When I was a student, I lived off baked potatoes.”

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Meanings

verblive off (third-person singular simple present lives off, present participle living off, simple past and past participle lived off)

present singular third person lives off · participle present living off · participle past lived off · past lived off

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo depend on financially.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo survive by consuming only a certain thing or things.

    When I was a student, I lived off baked potatoes.

    1 more example

    I live off nothing in this world / Except the thick grey air that chains itself / Swirls all around and engrains itself

    1985, “World Without Warning”, in Pressure Points, performed by Anne Clark

    Synonyms: live on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo survive by consuming only a certain thing or things.

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APA

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MLA

“live off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “live off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20off.

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