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Live with son during retirement (5)

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I believe the answer is:

exist

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'live' is the definition.
('exist' can be a synonym of 'live')

'son during retirement' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's'.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'retirement' becomes 'exit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
's' going within 'exit' is 'EXIST'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for exist that I've seen before include "Live" , "Scrape by" , "Have objective reality" , "Have being or continue living" , "Survive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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