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live down
/ ɪ /
verb
(tr, adverb) to withstand the effects of (a crime, mistake, etc) by waiting until others forget or forgive it
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Idioms and Phrases
Overcome or reduce the shame of a mistake, misdeed, or the like. It is often put in the negative, as in I'm afraid I'll never live down that tactless remark I made. [Mid-1800s]
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So far, the Kennedy regime at HHS has lived down to the worst expectations of his critics.
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“I would probably just try to live down and away and keep him in the park,” Scout A said.
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It took Dole years to live down his image as a political hatchet man.
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Kinsey adds that one of her joys in life is living down the block from Bratton.
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“Just a couple hundred years ago, people thought the planet was hollow and that there were people living down there. It’s pretty exotic — exotic like Jupiter, but it’s just right under our feet.”
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