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Definition of Live up to
1. Verb. Meet the requirements or expectations of.
Generic synonyms: Conform To, Fit, Meet
Specialized synonyms: Answer, Do, Serve, Suffice, Cover
Derivative terms: Fulfilment, Fulfillment, Satisfaction, Satisfactory, Satisfactory, Satisfier
Antonyms: Fall Short Of
Lexicographical Neighbors of Live Up To
Literary usage of Live up to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"... lost patience with the Greeks, who not only refused to live up to their
agreement, but likewise treated them ..."
2. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... it was plainly begun already, in opposing the Doctrine he taught, and ridiculing
the converted Saints, who endeavored to live up to it: Bidding them be ..."
3. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"WISHING not to appear eccentric, but to follow the fashion, I resolved to live
up to a Teapot. Therefore, my own little tin-plated one, price sixpence, ..."
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