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lives up

lives up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lives up

What is lives up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live up.

Words near lives up in the dictionary

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

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