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–verb (used without object)

1.	to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.

2.	to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough: We'll enjoy ourselves while our money lasts.

3.	to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.: to last for the whole course.

4.	to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time: They were handsome shoes but they didn't last.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to continue to survive for the duration of (often fol. by out): They lasted the war in Switzerland.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME lasten, OE lǣstan to follow (lit., go in the tracks of), perform, continue, last; c. G laisten to follow, Goth laistjan. See last³

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—Synonyms 1. See continue.

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last out
verb
hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"

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last out

to be or have enough to survive or continue to exist (until the end of)
Example: I hope the petrol lasts out until we reach a garage; They could only last out another week on the little food they had; The sick man was not expected to last out the night.

Arabic:	يبقى حيّا، يعيش
Chinese (Simplified):	维持
Chinese (Traditional):	維持
Czech:	vydržet
Danish:	være nok; klare sig; klare sig igennem
Dutch:	niet opraken, volhouden
Estonian:	jätkuma, vastu pidama
Finnish:	riittää, kestää
French:	tenir, suffire
German:	überdauern
Greek:	διαρκώ, αντέχω, καταφέρνω να επιζήσω
Hungarian:	kitart
Icelandic:	endast
Indonesian:	bertahan
Italian:	durare, resistere per*, superare

Japanese:	持ちこたえる
Latvian:	pietikt; izdzīvot
Lithuanian:	ganėti, užtekti, (iš)tverti, išgyventi
Norwegian:	vare, strekke til; leve (natta over)
Polish:	starczyć, wytrzymać
Portuguese (Brazil):	durar
Portuguese (Portugal):	durar
Romanian:	a (o) ţine; a rezista
Russian:	хватать; выдерживать
Slovak:	vydržať
Slovenian:	zadostovati, zdržati
Spanish:	resistir, aguantar
Swedish:	räcka, klara sig
Turkish:	dayanmak, yeterli olmak, gitmek