DIE HARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does die hard mean? 

• DIE HARD (verb)
  The verb DIE HARD has 1 sense:

1. continue to exist

  Familiarity information: DIE HARD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIE HARD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue to exist

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

die hard; endure; persist; prevail; run

Context example:

The legend of Elvis endures

Hypernyms (to "die hard" is one way to...):

continue (exist over a prolonged period of time)

Verb group:

run (occur persistently)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "die hard"):

carry over (transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another)

reverberate (have a long or continuing effect)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

diehard (one who adheres to traditional views)

 Context examples 

Having taken the pirate captain prisoner, sailed slap over the schooner, whose decks were piled high with dead and whose lee scuppers ran blood, for the order had been 'Cutlasses, and die hard!' 'Bosun's mate, take a bight of the flying-jib sheet, and start this villain if he doesn't confess his sins double quick,' said the British captain.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)