die hard

1. 1.

   continue to exist

   “These stories die hard”

   “The legend of Elvis endures”

   Synonymsprevailpersistrunendure

   Broadercontinue

   Narrowercarry overreverberate

Questions about die hard

What does die hard mean?

die hard means "continue to exist".

What is another word for die hard?

Close synonyms include prevail, persist, run, endure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is die hard a common word?

die hard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.