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LIVE DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does live down mean?
• LIVE DOWN (verb)
The verb LIVE DOWN has 1 sense:
1. live so as to annul some previous behavior
Familiarity information: LIVE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Live so as to annul some previous behavior
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live down; unlive
Context example:
You can never live this down!
Hypernyms (to "live down" is one way to...):
live (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
"Do you live down on Long Island, too?" she inquired.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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