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lived up

lived up is the simple past and past participle of live up.

Meaning of live up

Verb

live up (third-person singular simple present lives up, present participle living up, simple past and past participle lived up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, with-to) To fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
    • She never lived up to her reputation.
  2. (idiomatic, obsolete) To spend money on one's lifestyle to the exact limit of a specific budget or revenue, leaving nothing for savings.
    • 'But it is not to be imagined that she lives up to her income. Few people of common prudence will do that; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of.'1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

Questions about lived up

What is lived up the simple past and past participle of?
Lived up is the simple past and past participle of live up.

Words near lived up in the dictionary

  1. lived to fight another day
  2. lived to regret
  3. lived to tell the tale
  4. lived together
  5. lived under a rock
  6. lived up
  7. lived with
  8. lived with one's wife's family
  9. lived with oneself
  10. lived within oneself
  11. lived-in

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