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live down

VERB
  1. live so as to annul some previous behavior
    You can never live this down!

How To Use live down In A Sentence

  • He would not be able to live down the embarrassment in the event of someone telephoning him, as it was he who proposed the motion at committee to ban mobiles.
  • Later a man who was sitting at the bar sent me over a glass of sparkling white wine with his phone number, and in front of all the people I worked with, many of them terrible teasers, it was majorly hard to live down.
  • It's impossible for him to live down the insult given by his political opponent.
  • They're not necessarily resort communities, you know, some snowbirds go down there and there's long time residents live down there.
  • One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde 
  • Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes.
  • odoriferous" with two f's, was made to feel that he could never live down the disgrace of it, either in this world or that which is to come. Anne of Avonlea
  • I would add that I do think people should live downtown but having some breathing space that takes in some shoreline is not a bad thing either. » Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
  • The speed with which his attitude changed reminded me of this man who used to live down our street.
  • Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes.
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