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live down
verb
lived down; living down; lives down
: to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of
made a mistake and couldn't live it down
Examples of live down in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
David Dapper, 59, who lives down the street from a park, said homeless people camping there often wander by his front yard.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Freddie was in Washington D.C., living down the street from a community center where a non-profit group was helping kids from the inner city, kids who were slipping through the cracks, toward dark places.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
My mother never let my sister live down her grade school class heritage project, where she was assigned to bring in food that represents a country in her lineage.
—Kristina Behr, Parents, 11 Mar. 2024
Her brother lives on their parents’ old farm, and her sister lives down the road.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2024
Biden won’t live down his error in passing up a pre-Super Bowl interview on CBS.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Mar. 2024
Washington will again live down to its calling as First in War, First in Peace, and Last in the National League.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The mother of four children and grandmother to 15 lived down the street from where she was found and had gone to the gas station for cigarettes the evening before her body was found.
—Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2024
Holstein and her family evacuated their home but got stuck in the mud, staying overnight at a friend’s house who lived down the hill.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
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“Live down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20down. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
live down
verb
: to live so as to wipe out the memory of
live down a mistake
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