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live to tell the tale en · VERB

(idiomatic, informal, literary) To survive some difficulty, illness, etc.
- Living with gun violence can desensitize you. Humor was our coping mechanism, designed to keep complex emotions at bay. I’m ashamed to say that I made fun of family members who were shot and lived to tell the tale. 2019 August 25, Lisa Page, “My Family’s Gun Wounds: A Tale in Three Acts”, in The Atlantic:

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lives to tell the tale	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
lived to tell the tale	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
lived to tell the tale	Tense=Past	lexicographic
living to tell the tale	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic