Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

live down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.38 in modern English

Syllables: live -down
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To live so as to subdue or refute.

Informal

verb

To cause others to forget about something embarrassing that happened to oneself.

Example Sentences

"to live down slander"
"Local opinion held Mr. Underwood to be an intense, profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down."
"I'll never be able to live down that time my pants fell down at the school dance."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

lives down (present, singular) living down (participle, present) lived down (participle, past) lived down (past)

Synonyms

unlive

Questions

What does live down mean?: To live so as to subdue or refute.

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