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

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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 Your loan officer went to church with you, coached your child’s Little League team or lived down the street. —

George Davis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 National rescue effort underway Koalas mostly live down Australia’s eastern coast, and they’re endangered in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, as well as Queensland. —

Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024 Small wonder that the plot of one of his best novels, Lord Jim, revolves around a man trying to live down an early disgrace. —

Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018 See all Example Sentences for live down