"survive to tell the tale" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: survives to tell the tale [present, singular, third-person], surviving to tell the tale [participle, present], survived to tell the tale [participle, past], survived to tell the tale [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} survive to tell the tale (third-person singular simple present survives to tell the tale, present participle surviving to tell the tale, simple past and past participle survived to tell the tale)
  1. Synonym of live to tell the tale. Synonyms: live to tell the tale [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-survive_to_tell_the_tale-en-verb-0oowVG5y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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