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live up

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. to fulfil (an expectation, obligation, principle, etc)

  2. informalto enjoy oneself, esp flamboyantly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And this is where he doesn't quite live up to his lofty billing.

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The stacked room also could put more pressure on Quentin Johnston to live up to the billing of a former first-round pick.

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Here’s how that selection went, according to Vulture: “The last to choose is Yulissa. I get the sense that someone once called her a ‘real firecracker’ and she’s been trying to live up to that ever since.

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Just kidding,’” Billie attempts to live up to the series’ title by “throwing a dinner party, despite what everyone says about people our age. That we’re neurotic, irresponsible, directionless. … We are in the roast chicken phase of life. We can mature, we can be normal.”

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So there was a lot to live up to when season two kicked off - but it has not disappointed.

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