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Definition of live off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

live off

phrasal verb

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live off somebody/something

(often disapproving) to receive the money you need to live from somebody/something because you do not have any yourself
- She's still living off her parents.
- to live off welfare
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live off something

to have one particular type of food as the main thing you eat in order to live
- He seems to live off junk food.

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