live out
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.48 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
Intransitive verb
verb
To pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situation.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Our nanny used to live out, but now she lives with us."
- "Jackie is going to fashion school to live out her dream of becoming a fashion designer."
- "to live out one's days"
- "He is paying $200,000 a year to live out his days on a cruise liner."
- "A quarter of a mile inland we came upon the holluschickie -- sleek young bulls, living out the loneliness of their bachelorhood and gathering strength against the day when they would fight their way into the ranks of the benedicts"
- "In the afternoon, he will depart for Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of popes, where he will remain until restorations are complete on the Vatican convent where he will live out his days."