live down

live down
verb
live so as to annul some previous behavior
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You can never live this down!

• Syn: ↑unlive
• Hypernyms: ↑live
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb
: to live so as to refute, overcome, or cause to be forgotten (as a mistake, misconduct, slander)

managed to live his youthful follies down

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live down
Eventually to rehabilitate oneself in people's eyes after (a failure, mistake, etc)
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Main Entry: ↑live

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ˌlive ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they live down he/she/it lives down present participle living down past tense lived down past participle lived down] phrasal verb
usually in negatives to make people forget about something embarrassing or silly that you have done

All the girls in my class are going except me! I’ll never live it down!

Thesaurus: to forget, or to try to forgetsynonym
Main entry: live

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live down [phrasal verb]
live down (something) or live (something) down : to stop being blamed or laughed at for (something, such as a foolish or embarrassing error)

He has a very bad reputation to live down.

— often used in negative statements

I can't believe I forgot my wife's birthday! I'll never live this down.

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Main Entry: ↑live

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