Live around exits (5)

I believe the answer is:

exist

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

'around exits' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'exits' with letters rearranged gives 'EXIST'.

(Other definitions for exist that I've seen before include "quick!" , "Be alive" , "Subsist" , "Scrape by" , "Live" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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