See live off on Wiktionary
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"To depend on financially."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To depend on financially."
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"text": "When I was a student, I lived off baked potatoes.",
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"ref": "1985, “World Without Warning”, in Pressure Points, performed by Anne Clark:",
"text": "I live off nothing in this world / Except the thick grey air that chains itself / Swirls all around and engrains itself",
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To survive by consuming only a certain thing or things."
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