live and breathe
live and breathe · lives and breathes · lived and breathed · living and breathing
To be thoroughly immersed in or concentrated onTo be thoroughly immersed in or concentrated on (something).
» Tom lives and breathes basketball.
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1 sensesTo be thoroughly immersed in or concentrated on (something).
To run a successful business, you have to live and breathe your product.
Examples
1 sentencesTom lives and breathes basketball.
Forms
lives and breathes, living and breathing, lived and breathed, lived and breathed| Base form | live and breathe · to live and breathe |
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| 3rd person singular | lives and breathes |
| Present participle | living and breathing |
| Past simple | lived and breathed |
| Past participle | lived and breathed |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle