live down

verb

lived down; living down; lives down

transitive verb

: 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

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Kylie Jenner isn't letting sister Kendall Jenner live down her infamous cucumber cutting moment. Angel Saunders, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024 Mary Fagan, 63, who lives down the street, told the Times that her mother used to own the double-wide. Beatrice Dupuy, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024 Photo: Neon None of us loves finding a big-ass bug in our space, but here, the rogue beetle running under the door into Lee’s mother’s basement signals that something even darker lives down there. Laura Bradley, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for live down 

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of live down was in 1842

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“Live down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20down. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

live down

verb
: to live so as to wipe out the memory of
live down a mistake
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