Definitions for live down
live down

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1. unlive, live downverb

   live so as to annul some previous behavior

   "You can never live this down!"

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1. live downverb

   To get used to something shameful.

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1. live down

   To live down means to gradually overcome or to stop being affected by a mistake, misunderstanding, or a past embarrassing or shameful event, usually over a long period of time. It refers to the process of trying to make others forget about it, by living in a way that changes their perception or impression of the past event.

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of live down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of live down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of live down in a Sentence

1. Steve Higgins:

   The gulls had taken my ice-cream but had left me with the cone. I was scared that they would come back again, I was scared for my own safety. within seconds I was slapped with an 80 fine for littering.I was a tourist, I don’t live down there, I’m not aware of these things. He continued, If I had been aware I wouldn’t be walking around outside with an ice-cream. I was physically assaulted, and I dropped the cone because I was scared for my own safety if they came back.

2. David Fleming:

   It's not necessarily against a system that it collapses, because most systems do collapse in the end. That’s a part of the wheel of life - systems do collapse. So I’m to some extent slightly inclined to forgive capitalism for being about to collapse. I mean there are lots of fine things, lots of love affairs and the like which have come to a sticky end. On the other hand, it is quite an accusation - quite hard for it to live down - that it's going to destroy the entire planet with it.

3. Nathan Nickerson III almost:

   Lobsters are incredible creatures, they can live down hundreds, thousands of feet in the water, where it's so cold.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

5. Sheldon Whitehouse:

   Senate Democrats have a lousy record to live down.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=live down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Live_Down
3. ^ ChatGPT
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