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Definition of Live down
1. Verb. Live so as to annul some previous behavior. "You can never live this down!"
Definition of Live down
1. Verb. To get used to something shameful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Live Down
Literary usage of Live down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves by George Washington Williams (1883)
"FORMATION OF A COLORED MILITARY COMPANY CALLED " THE ATTUCKS GUARDS." — EMIGRATION
OF NEGROES TO LIBERIA. — THE COLORED PEOPLE live down MUCH PREJU- IN 1850 ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"replied Mr. Roker; "and what of that ? Who's got to say anything agin it ?
live down there ! — yes, and a wery good place it is to live in, ain't it ? ..."
3. Mayfair to Moscow: Clare Sheridan's Diary by Clare Sheridan (1921)
"I have not got to live down my wasted years, I can stand on my own feet and be
accepted on my own merits. Borodin mystifies me. I cannot make out when all ..."
4. Slander and Defamation of Character: The Great Crimes of the Nineteenth Century by Thomas D Worrall (1884)
"CAN MEN live down THE EFFECT OF SLANDER? " Every word has its own spirit, True
or false, that never dies."—ADELAIDE PROCTOR. In our youth we were taught ..."
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